Meaghan Dittrich
Dr. Meaghan Elliott Dittrich is the Director of the University Writing Programs and Director of the Robert J. Connors Writing Center at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Dittrich's research has spanned feminist rhetorics, food rhetorics, archival projects and pedagogies, writing center work, and writing across the curriculum (WAC) studies. Her dissertation, Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer, covered an archival rhetorical analysis of the first food critic of The New Yorker magazine during the Great Depression and World War II. She has taught in the writing classroom since 2007 for various courses, including creative writing (poetry, nonfiction, and scriptwriting), as well as first year writing, and technical & professional writing. Her position at UNH reaches both faculty curriculum support and student-facing writing services.
Education
- Ph.D., English Composition & Rhetoric, University of New Hampshire
- M.A., English Literature, University of New Hampshire
- M.F.A., Creative Writing (poetry & scriptwriting), University of Wyoming
- B.A., Theatre & Creative Writing, Hope College
Research Interests
- Composition theory
- Writing across the curriculum
- Writing center studies
- Feminist rhetoric
- Creative writing
Courses Taught
- ENGL 401: First-Year Writing
- ENGL 501: Creative Non-fiction
- ENGL 502: Professional & Technical Writing
- INCO 529: Writing Consultation
- (Teaching Assistant) ENGL 910: Practm & Mentor College Comp
Selected Publications
- Elliott, Meaghan. "'Thug Life' in a White Kitchen: Exploring Race Work in the Language of Cookbooks." Graduate Journal of Food Studies September 3.1 (2016): n. pag.
- Elliott, Meaghan. “Praxis in Action: Why Rhetoric Is Important in My Writing.” Praxis: A Brief Rhetoric. By Carol Lea Clark. 3rd ed. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2016. p 1. V Series.
- Elliott, Meaghan, with Christina Ortmeier-Hooper. “Introduction: Developing a Dialogue about Language and Politics.” Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture. 15.2 (April 2015): 383-386. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2845193
- Elliott, Meaghan "Living Literacies of the Mountain Women." Rev. of Whistlin’ and Crowin’ Women of Appalachia: Literacy Practices Since College by Katherine Kelleher Sohn. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture. 15.2 (April 2015): 397-402. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-2845241
