The Board of Directors
Who We Are
Jessica Rose Corey
Founder & President
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, I now reside in Durham, North Carolina, where I serve as the Assistant Director of First-Year Writing and an Assistant Professor of the Practice at Duke University. In addition to being a teacher and administrator, I'm a writer; researcher; wife and mother, wannabe world traveler; activist; volunteer; and lover of red lipstick, beaches, reality television, online shopping, event planning, gummy bears, music and theater, trips home, rainy days, old books, to-do lists, and scenic routes.
Barbara George
Secretary
Dr. Barbara George (she/her) is a teacher and researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, exploring environmental communication, technical writing, and writing studies pedagogy.
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Students in Barbara’s courses find meaningful ways to engage in a variety of professional and civic discourse communities.
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Barbara researches linguistic explorations of the intersections of environmental risk and communication, issues of intersectionality within environmental deliberation, and environmental justice within environmental communication. Additionally, Barbara explores the use of narrative in finding new ways to “reimagine” environmental frames, particularly in Rust Belt communities. Barbara has also researched different student retention efforts: best practices for literacies across disciplines, multilingual initiatives, and writing center supports. Barbara’s work appears in Composition Forum, Environmental Sociology, and Communication Design Quarterly among others.
Rhiannon Scharnhorst
Treasurer
Originally from Wichita, KS, I'm now based in Durham, NC, where I'm a Senior Lecturer at Duke University and an amateur potter on the wheel. My research focuses on feminist writing practices and the challenges faced by women in academia. I'm particularly interested in exploring how institutional structures impact the well-being and productivity of feminist scholars, aiming to foster more supportive and equitable academic environments.