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Dr. Aurora Matzke

Dr Aurora Matzke

Assistant Professor, Instructional Faculty; Director, The Writing Center

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Department of English

Office Location: DeMille Hall 160B

Email: matzke@chapman.edu

Education:: California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Bachelor of Arts
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Master of Arts
Miami University, Ph.D.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: “A Post-Arrival Mentorship-That’s-Not-a-Mentorship: Mediated Discourse Theory and an Ecological Approach to Learning over Time and Place.” Mentorship and Methodology. Eds. Leigh Gruwell and Charles Lesh. Utah State University Press, 2024. With John Tassoni.; “Unwell Writing Centers: Searching for Wellness in Neoliberal Educational Institutions and Beyond by Genie Nicole Giaimo.” Writing Center Journal. (41.3). Book Review, Fall 2023.; “Navigating Networks and Systems, Managing Wellness, and Prioritizing Embodiment in Higher Education Administration.” Transformations: Leadership Roles in Higher Ed for Humanities Professionals. Eds. Roze Hentschell and Catherine E. Thomas. Purdue University Press, 2023. With Genesea Carter and Bonnie Vidrine-Isbell.; Systems Shift: Creating and Navigating Change in Rhetoric and Composition Administration. Edited with Genesea Carter. WAC Clearinghouse, 2023.; Coalition as Commonplace: Centering Feminist Scholarship, Pedagogies, and Leadership Practices. Peitho. Volume 25. Special Issue (Summer 2023). Edited with Louis Maraj, Angela Clark Oates, Anyssa Gonzalez, and Sherry Rankins-Robertson.; Mike Rose: Teacher and Scholar, Writer and Friend. WPA: Writing Program Administration 45.2 (Spring 2022). Edited with Angela Clark-Oates and Sherry Rankins-Robertson.; “Making it as a Female Writing Program Administrator: Using Collective Action to Transgress Gendered Boundaries.” Women’s Ways of Making. Eds. Maureen Daly Goggin and Shirley Rose. With Angela Clark-Oates et al. University Press of Colorado, 2021.; “Nevertheless, She Persisted.” Defining, Locating, and Addressing Bullying in the WPA Workplace. Eds. Cristyn Elder and Beth Davila. With Bre Garrett and Sherry Rankins- Robertson. Utah State University Press, 2019.