{"635892":{"#nid":"635892","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Melissa Ianetta Named Head of Writing \u0026 Communication Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Michael Pearson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMelissa Ianetta, a writing and rhetoric professor at the University of Delaware, has been appointed to lead the Writing and Communication Program (WCP) in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta succeeds Rebecca Burnett, who is retiring from the Georgia Tech on August 1, 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWCP \u003C\/a\u003Eand the Class of 1958 Professor in Communication, Ianetta will be responsible for overseeing classes in first-year composition, technical, and business communication, as well as learning support and research writing. Each year, some 5,000 to 6,000 Georgia Tech students from every major take courses in the WCP.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta also will be responsible for leading the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu\/brittain-fellowship\u0022\u003EMarion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m delighted to welcome Dr. Ianetta to this important role,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/utz\u0022\u003ERichard Utz\u003C\/a\u003E, chair or the School of Literature, Media, and Communication, which houses the WCP. \u0026ldquo;Melissa brings a wealth of experience that will benefit both our students and the Brittain Fellows.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta is the Unidel Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr. Chair of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Delaware, where she has directed the University Writing Centers since 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on writing studies with a specialization in research methods as well as undergraduate research. She has taught first-year writing classes, peer-tutor pedagogy, as well as graduate courses in empirical research methods and writing program administration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIanetta earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Bridgewater State College, and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe is co-editor of \u003Cem\u003ECollege English, \u003C\/em\u003Ethe nation\u0026rsquo;s most widely distributed journal in English studies. She will bring the journal to the Georgia Institute of Technology, Utz said. She also is co-author of \u003Cem\u003EThe Oxford Guide for Writing Tutors: Practice and Research\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a unit of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelissa Ianetta, a writing and rhetoric professor at the University of Delaware, has been hired to lead the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Melissa Ianetta, a writing and rhetoric professor at the University of Delaware, has been hired to lead the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech."}],"uid":"34600","created_gmt":"2020-06-02 14:20:48","changed_gmt":"2020-08-12 16:40:32","author":"mpearson34","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-06-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"635891":{"id":"635891","type":"image","title":"Melissa Ianetta","body":null,"created":"1591106920","gmt_created":"2020-06-02 14:08:40","changed":"1591106920","gmt_changed":"2020-06-02 14:08:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"241948","name":"Melissa Ianettta.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Melissa%20Ianettta_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Melissa%20Ianettta_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":118773,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Melissa%20Ianettta_0.jpg?itok=1x-133om"}}},"media_ids":["635891"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166997","name":"WCP"},{"id":"12603","name":"writing and communication program"},{"id":"184994","name":"Melissa Ianetta"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}