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Dr. Diana Awad Scrocco
Associate Professor
English & World Languages
DeBartolo Hall 238
phone: (330) 941-1640
Bio
I direct the Public and Professional Writing program. My research examines expert-novice interaction and feedback in academic and professional settings. I teach courses in professional writing and writing pedagogy/research.
Research Interests
Public, professional, and technical writing
Writing pedagogy and practice
Writing center theory and practice
Medical rhetoric, writing, and communication
Teaching Interests
Graduate Courses Taught:
Public and Professional Writing ⬥ Grant Writing ⬥ Healthcare Communication ⬥ Writing with Data ⬥ Methods of Composition Research ⬥ Teaching of Writing ⬥ Teaching Practicum ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Internship
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Introduction to Public, Professional, and Technical Writing ⬥ Ethnographic Writing ⬥ Grant Writing ⬥ Writing with Data ⬥ Writing in the Health Science Professions ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Senior Project ⬥ Writing 1 ⬥ Writing 2 ⬥ Business Writing ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Internship ⬥ English Internship
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2012
Ph D, English: Rhetoric and Composition
Kent State University
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "An Examination of the Literate Practices of Resident Physicians and Attending Physician Preceptors in a Resident-Run Internal Medicine Clinic"
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2008
MA, English: Literature and Writing
Kent State University
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2006
BA, English and Psychology
Youngstown State University
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2025
Research Professorship
Recipient of a university-wide competitive research leave. 9 hours reassigned time.
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2018
Youngstown State University
Faculty Improvement Leave
Recipient of a university-wide competitive faculty improvement leave. 9 hours reassigned time.
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2017
Honors College
University Honors Trustee Faculty Award
Recipient of an award presented yearly to one faculty member contributing to the positive academic experience of Honors College students
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2015
Youngstown State University
University Research Professorship
Recipient of a university-wide competitive research professorship. 9 hours reassigned time.
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2012
Two-Year College English Association
Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award
Single author of article awarded the 2013 Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award by the Two-Year College English Association: (2012). Do you care to add something? Articulating the student interlocutor’s voice in writing response dialogue. Teaching English in the Two-Year College 39(3): 274-292.
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2019 - 2026
Coordinator
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2023
"What’s Your Plan for the Consultation? Examining Alignment Between Tutorial Plans and Consultations Among Writing Tutors Using the Read/Plan-Ahead Tutoring Method"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 20, issue 2, p. 7-27
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2023
"Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A “Layered Literacies” Approach to Program Change"
D. Awad-Scrocco, J. Gordon
Programmatic Perspectives, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, volume 14, issue 1, p. 5-40
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2020
"Tutor-Talk, Netspeak, and Student Speak: Enhancing Online Conferences"
D. Awad-Scrocco, C. Werner
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 17, issue 2, p. 48-64
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2017
"Reconsidering reading models in writing center consultations: When is the read-ahead method appropriate?"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 14, issue 3, p. 10-20
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2016
"‘Let’s talk more about this’: An analysis of how experts engage novice physicians in pedagogical dialogue"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Communication & Medicine, Equinox Publishing, volume 13, issue 2, p. 227-242
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2014
"Learning to argue like an expert: The role of topoi in internal medicine residency"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Journal of Argumentation in Context, John Benjamins Publishing Company, volume 3, issue 3, p. 231-258
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2012
"How do you think you did? Involving tutors in self-assessment and peer-assessment during OWL training"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, International Writing Centers Association, volume 36, issue 7-8, p. 9-13
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2012
"Do you care to add something? Articulating the student interlocutor’s voice in writing response dialogue"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Two-Year College English Association; National Council of Teachers of English, volume 39, issue 3, p. 274-292
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2011
"Using music as a theme in an aural project in a college writing course"
D. Awad-Scrocco
Sense Publishers; Springer Science & Business Media, p. 55-57
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2024 - present
Youngstown Rayen Early College Scholar Engagement Session