Amanda Hobmeier

Dr. Mandy Hobmeier received her Ph.D. in English from University of Washington in 2014. Her work has been focused in the fields of Applied Linguistics and Rhetoric and Composition. As an Associate Professor of Teaching in the USC Writing Program, she teaches in both the lower-division and upper-division writing curricula in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Globalization, as well as specialized coursework in Grant Writing.  Dr. Hobmeier has spent time working internationally and her research has centered on cross-cultural perspectives related to educational development, particularly in writing studies. She is an interdisciplinary scholar and thus enjoys working with students from various backgrounds across writing genres. Dr. Hobmeier has a great interest in writing for specific purposes such as fellowships, scholarships, grants, manuscripts, and application dossiers for higher education. Her most recent research explores learner autonomy and motivation through the lens of second language writing and innovative pedagogy building upon translingualism. 

• M.A. DePaul University
• B.A. University of Iowa
• Ph.D. University of Washington