Dr. Jennifer Albanese
Job Title: Senior Lecturer, Writing Center Director
Office: Humanities 2100
Phone: (631) 632-4203
Education:
Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook, Comparative Literature (2006)
Administrative Posts:
Writing Center Director, Stony Brook University Fall 2015 to present
Associate Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric 2014-2016
Awards: SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Service (2020)
Professional Interests: Rhetoric and Composition, Science Writing, Writing Centers
Publications:
“Digital Research Should Be A Creative, Expressive, and Human Activity,” Digital Literacies, Expected 2025, co-authored.
“Playing With Boundaries: Identifying Perceived Roles of Librarians and Writing Center Tutors,” WLN Special Issue, May/June 2021, co-authored
Recent Presentations:
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“The Music Changes but the Beat Stays the Same: Preparing Professional/Technical Writing Students for Ethical Challenges in Generative AI” CCCC, Baltimore, Spring 2025
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“Navigating a Land of Plenty; Centering Student Voices in Academic Research Journeys” CCCC, Spokane, Spring 2024
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“A Spy in the House of Writing: Traces of Transfer on Camera” IWCA, Chicago, Fall 2017
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“Reaching Out as Reciprocity: How Institutional Outreach Can Improve Writing Center Practice” NCPTW, Garden City, Fall 2017
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“A New Frontier: Writing Centers as Sites for Institutional Transfer” IWCA, Denver, Fall 2016
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“Digital Audiences: How the (re)Production of Digital Portfolios Challenges Readership” SUNY Conference on Writing, Syracuse, Fall 2014
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Panel Presentation on Google Docs and Digication Conference on Instruction and Technology (CIT), Stony Brook, Spring 2012
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“Reclaiming Virtual Writing Spaces” SUNY Conference on Writing, New York, Spring 2012
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“Negotiating Balance and Forging Disciplinary Identity” SUNY Conference on Writing, Buffalo, Spring 2009
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“Existing, Persisting, Resisting: Writ-uals of Collective Identity” Hofstra Cultural Center Conference, Hempstead, Fall 2008
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“Harsh Realities: The Labor of Writing Without An Audience” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, Spring 2008
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Roundtable Presentation on Teaching Writing
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SUNY Conference on Writing, Stony Brook, Spring 2008
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Revision and Assessment: The Future Role of Revision in Writing Placement”
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SUNY Conference on Writing, Albany, Spring 2007
Workshops:
“Proposal and Paper Writing Workshop” for Graduate Students in the Institute for Advanced Computational Studies, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024
“Writing Research Statements” Summer 2024, 2025 (Center for Inclusive Education/SB Graduate School)
“Personal Statement Support” Fall 2023 (Career Center/External Fellowships/Writing Center)
“Graduate Research Fellowship Project Research Proposals” Summer 2023 (External Fellowships)
“Anatomy of Personal Statement” (Pre-Health Advising) January 2022
“Writing the College Essay,” Fall 2022