We are very excited to welcome Dr. Charlotte Fressilli back to The Writing Center as a senior tutor!
Dr. Fressilli earned her BA in English and Italian Studies from Wheaton College and both an MA and PhD in English and American Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Fressilli has held teaching positions in a wide range of settings, including in public and private high schools, middle school programs in the US and abroad, and at WashU. During her time as a PhD student at WashU, she taught several courses, including College Writing: Writing Identity, “If I Remember Correctly”: Literature, Trauma, and the Violence of Contested Histories, and Literature in English: Modern Texts and Contexts. She has also co-taught Guided Research in Composition, the training course for peer tutors at The Writing Center, alongside Rob Patterson.
As a graduate student, Dr. Fressilli also served as a Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American Cultural Studies (2017-2024), a Graduate Fellow at the Center for the Humanities (2022), and the inaugural Dr. Burton Pu Distinguished Fellow at the Writing Center (2023-2024). Read more about the Dr. Burton Pu Distinguished Fellowship here.
When asked what brought her to The Writing Center, Dr. Fressilli said, “I came to the Writing Center in 2021 as a graduate fellow. I was eager to support other writers on campus and was in search of support with writing my own dissertation, too. I quickly discovered that I am passionate about writing center work and have worked at The Writing Center ever since, as a graduate fellow for three years and now as a senior tutor.”
Having worked alongside Dr. Fressilli for three years during her time as a graduate fellow, all of us at The Writing Center are excited to continue working with her, and we know you will enjoy sharing your work with her too!