Shefali Rajamannar Professor (Teaching) rajamann@email.usc.edu JEF 150 (213) 740-1984 Professor (Teaching) of Writing other https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137011077 Author website: Palgrave Macmillan Research & Practice Areas Animal studies, environmental studies, rhetoric, writing pedagogy, colonial and imperial texts, nineteenth century British writing, early twentieth century British writing, modern European drama. Biography Shefali Rajamannar is… Read More
Professor Posner Adjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching) posner@usc.edu JEF 225B Adjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing website My Website Education M.Ed Education, Harvard University, 2002M.P.W. Professional Writing, University of Southern California, 1984 a:1:{i:0;s:15:”related-stories”;} Democracy & the News a:3:{s:5:”title”;s:20:”Democracy & the News”;s:3:”url”;s:31:”https://democracyandthenews.org”;s:6:”target”;s:6:”_blank”;} 2024-05-13 15:34:46 USC Dornsife faculty… Read More
Jessica Piazza Assistant Professor (Teaching) jpiazza@usc.edu JEF 150 (213) 740-1987 Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing website http://www.jessicapiazza.com My Website other http:// Jessica Piazza Biography Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jessica Piazza now lives in Los Angeles where she teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Southern… Read More
Maddox Pennington They / Them / Theirs Lecturer MaddoxPe@usc.edu Lecturer Biography Maddox Pennington (Playwright, Director) is a nonbinary writer, professor, and stand-up comic; a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, they are originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University, and their debut bibliomemoir,… Read More
Ali Pearl She / Her / Hers Lecturer alisonpe@usc.edu AHF 410 (213) 740-1980 Lecturer website Bio My Website Biography Ali Rachel Pearl is faculty at the University of Southern California, where she previously earned a PhD from the Department of English and a certificate in Digital… Read More
Daniel Pecchenino Associate Professor (Teaching) dpecchen@usc.edu JEF 150 (213) 740-1987 Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing cv https://uscdornsife.usc.edu/tools/mytools/PersonnelInfoSystem/DOC/Faculty/WRIT/vita_1048406.pdf Curriculum Vitae Biography Dan Pecchenino came to USC in 2013 and has taught primarily in the Economics and Human Values thematics of Writing 150. He has also been one of the writing instructors… Read More
Stephanie Payne She / Her / Hers Associate Professor (Teaching) paynesr@usc.edu Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing cv https://uscdornsife.usc.edu/tools/mytools/PersonnelInfoSystem/DOC/Faculty/WRIT/vita_1075102.pdf Curriculum Vitae Video Biography Stephanie Renee Payne teaches for The Writing Program. Payne earned her MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is a doctoral candidate in educational sustainability… Read More
Tanvi Patel She / Her / Hers Assistant Professor (Teaching) tanvip@usc.edu JEF 215 Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing department https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/writing-program/faculty-display-dept.cfm?pid=1086682 Department Profile cv https://uscdornsife.usc.edu/tools/mytools/PersonnelInfoSystem/DOC/Faculty/WRIT/vita_1086682.pdf Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D. English Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, 6/2011M.A. English Literature, University of Washington, Seattle, 6/2006M.F.A. Poetry, San Diego State University, 5/2004B.A. English &… Read More
Leah Pate Associate Professor (Teaching) pate@usc.edu JEF 150 (213) 740-1980 Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing 2025-10-10 15:30:39 2025-02-05 14:44:07 Biography Dr. Leah Pate joined the Writing Program in the Fall of 2013. She has taught a wide array of courses for the department, from lower-division classes on values and ethics… Read More
Benjamin Pack Associate Professor (Teaching) bpack@usc.edu JEF 150 (213) 740-1980 Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing Biography Ben Pack received his B.A. in film production in 2006, and his Master of Professional Writing in 2012, both from USC. He began teaching in the Writing Program as a graduate student in 2010,… Read More
