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Dr. Diana Awad Scrocco
Professor
English & World Languages
DeBartolo Hall 238
phone: (330) 941-1640
Bio
I coordinate the Professional Writing concentration of the undergraduate English B.A. Program, and I teach in the English M.A. Program. I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in composition, professional writing, and writing pedagogy and research. My research examines expert-novice interaction and feedback in academic and professional settings, including the composition classroom, university writing center, and teaching hospital. Currently, I am working on a project comparing how student writers respond to feedback from various sources, including instructors, peers, and Generative AI.
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
⬥ Proposal and Report Writing
⬥ Writing in the Health Science Professions
⬥ Public and Professional Writing Senior Project
⬥ Writing 1
⬥ Writing 2 / Honors 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
Youngstown State University
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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2025 -
Youngstown State University
Professor, English
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2018 - 2025
Youngstown State University
Associate Professor, English
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2013 - 2018
Youngstown State University
Assistant Professor, English
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2012 - 2013
Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Teaching Professor, English
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2019 - 2026
Coordinator
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2026
"A Study of Tutors’ Pedagogical Talk in Read/Plan-Ahead Writing Center Consultations"
D. Awad Scrocco
Composition Forum
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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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2025 - present
Reviewer, Journal Article
Academic Medicine (Scholarly Journal)
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2024 - present
Youngstown Rayen Early College Scholar Engagement Session