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Susanne E. Hall

Teaching Professor of Writing and Director of the Hixon Writing Center
B.A., Wake Forest University, 2001; M.A., University of California (Irvine), 2003; Ph.D., 2008. Caltech, 2012-.
Profile

Dr. Hall began her work at Caltech in Fall 2012. At Caltech, in addition to her work directing the Hixon Writing Center, she regularly teaches Introduction to Academic Writing for Multilingual students (Wr 1), Introduction to Academic Writing (Wr 2), Principles and Practices of Academic Writing (Wr 4), and Writing About Science (En 84).

Dr. Hall's research interests are in the field of writing studies. She is a Co-PI in an NSF-funded study of textrecycling in scientific research writing. Her broader interests include learning transfer and how writing centers can promote it, particularly across the boundaries between the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. She has recently presented her work at the International Writing Center Association Convention, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. She is an editor of Prompt, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to college writing assignments. You can find links to her published writing via ORCID.

Teaching

2022-23
Wr 1 – Introduction to Academic Writing for Multilingual Writers
Wr 2 – Introduction to Academic Writing
Wr 4 – Principles and Practices of Academic Writing
Wr 50 – Tutorial in Writing
En/Wr 84 – Communicating Science to Non-Experts
2021-22
Wr 2 – Introduction to Academic Writing
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