Rachel E. Johnson is director of the University of Mississippi’s Oxford Writing Center and lecturer of composition and rhetoric. Her principal area of pedagogical interest and expertise is the integration of digital media and technology in composition and instruction. She teaches advanced composition and professional writing courses, as well as gender studies as a faculty affiliate for the Sarah Isom Center. Her research draws on writing center pedagogy and practice as well as issues of equity and access in higher education. She is interested in institutional and cultural norms surrounding writing and their effect on student perceptions of identity and ability. She studies the undergraduate experiences of transfer and other non-traditional students with particular attention to the role of writing centers (and other academic services) in facilitating the success of historically marginalized student populations.
Ed.D. Higher Education, University of Mississippi, 2019
M.A. English, George Mason University, 2013
B.A. History, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2008
