As of the start of Winter Term, 2020, the Interim Director of the Writing Intensive Curriculum will be Dr. Anita Helle, Professor of English.

Dr. Helle’s research and teaching focuses on modern and postmodern American literature, gender and feminist theory, and rhetorical pedagogies. In the past, she has served as Director of the College of Liberal Arts Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research, and as Director of the School of Writing, Literature, and Film. She has a new book of essays on American poet Sylvia Plath coming out in 2021 from Bloomsbury Academic. Also, Dr. Helle has taught a WIC course on the histories of literacy for over 25 years.

While she is Interim Director, Dr. Helle can be reached at hellea@oregonstate.edu. You may also direct questions to WIC GTA Marisa Yerace at yeracem@oregonstate.edu or WIC Operations Manager Caryn Stoess at caryn.stoess@oregonstate.edu .