Professional Summary
Anna D’Orazio is a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric and Composition program, where she teaches a variety of undergraduate composition and professional writing courses. Her mixed-method dissertation in progress Positioning Learning Transfer as an Affective and Lifelong Act focuses on learning transfer in everyday contexts and the role of emotion and identity as mediators of transfer. She is a Taft Dissertation Completion Fellow for the 2026-2027 academic year. Her research has appeared in Literacy in Composition Studies, Xchanges, and Writing & Pedagogy (forthcoming).
She has previously served on the Executive Board for the Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition. She is a member of the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators and the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition.
See her full CV here.
Education
PhD: University of Cincinnati 2027 (English - Rhetoric and Composition)
MA: University of Cincinnati 2022 (English - Literary and Cultural Studies)
BA: Shippensburg University 2020 (English - minor in Technical/Professional Communication)
Research and Practice Interests
Writing and learning transfer, writing to learn, literacy studies, composition theory, technical/professional communication (TPC), writing through the lifespan, and student-centered pedagogies
Positions and Work Experience
2020 -To Present Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor of Record, University of Cincinnati,
2025 -2026 Academic Writing Center Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati ,
2024 -2024 English Composition Program Special Projects/Assessment Coordinator Graduate Assistant , University of Cincinnati ,
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
D'Orazio, Anna (2025). “‘Kids Don’t Come with Instruction Manuals’: A Mother Writing to Learn Across Her Lifespan.”. Literacy in Composition Studies, 12 (1) , 1-23
“‘Kids Don’t Come with Instruction Manuals’: A Mother Writing to Learn Across Her Lifespan.”
D’Orazio, Anna, Katie Monthie, Brooke Boling, and Alex Evans (2025). The TPC Contact Zone: Preparing Graduate Student Instructors for Students’ Writing Realities. Xchanges, 19 (1)
“The TPC Contact Zone: Preparing Graduate Student Instructors for Students’ Writing Realities.”
Steinnecker, Blake, Anna D'Orazio, and Braydon Dungan“The Tattooed Body: A Tableau for Lifespan Writing” . Writing and Pedagogy
Other Publications
D'Orazio, Anna. (2026) “Outcomes of Engaged Education: From Transfer to Transformation, by Linda Flower.” .Composition Studies, 54 (1 ) ,225 -228
. “Outcomes of Engaged Education: From Transfer to Transformation, by Linda Flower.”
Book Chapter
Micciche, Laura R. and Anna D'Orazio (2027). "Towards a Pedagogy of Trying and Posing". In Being Well while Writing: Reimagining Values for Graduate Student Writing Support.