Dana Driscoll's Professional Website

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Oakland University. I specialize in Writing Program Administration (WPA)/WAC/Writing Centers, Research Methodologies, and technology and writing.

My current research focuses on the role of student attitudes in the transfer of learning. I am currently conducting a longitudinal study about the role of student perceptions of transfer and beliefs about writing in first-year composition at Oakland. It is my hope that this work will help create more effective writing pedagogies for facilitating the transfer of writing knowledge across the curriculum.

In the Fall 2011, I am teaching WRT360: Global Rhetoric and WRT394: Literacy, Technology, and Civic Engagement. For more information about Oakland University's program in Writing and Rhetoric, view our website. In addition to my teaching, research, and service at Oakland University, I serve as the CCCC Connected Community Editor for the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). I am also excited to have been accepted into the Elon University Research Seminar titled Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer which will span the 2011-2012 years.


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Pedagogy of Transfer

Why do students have difficulty transferring writing knowledge to other contexts? My research shows that part of the reason is that students do not understand their future writing contexts and that they have limited definitions of writing.