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Jennifer Ahern Dodson

Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708-0425
115 Art Building, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Jennifer Ahern-Dodson studies academic writers and the contexts in which they work. She has been involved in a number of multidisciplinary initiatives focused on community-engaged scholarship at Duke, leads faculty learning communities that explore pedagogical innovations in writing and undergraduate research, and in 2012 founded the Faculty Write Program-a faculty writing initiative designed to support and empower faculty writers across their roles, responsibilities, and career phases. For the past fifteen years she has facilitated scholarly writing retreats, teaching workshops, community-engaged scholar conversations, and small group coaching at Duke and other universities, for graduate students and faculty. Her research includes studying the writers with whom she works and the role a writing community plays in advancing writing knowledge and practices, momentum, and a sense of meaning and satisfaction.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program · 2021 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of the Thompson Writing Program Faculty Write Program · 2023 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published February 27, 2025
History of Writing Studies Class Helped Public Policy Major Find Her Voice
Published December 6, 2024
Do You Procrastinate When Writing? This Program Helps You Focus.
Published September 14, 2023
Four Trinity Faculty Receive Undergraduate Teaching Awards

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Recent Publications


Thriving Together: Relationship-Oriented Faculty Writing Networks

Journal Article Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning · July 4, 2025 Full text Cite

After the Writing Retreat Ends

Other Inside Higher Ed · 2024 For many writers, productivity strategies alone are not enough to sustain writing momentum after a retreat ends. But if we move beyond just what we accomplished at a writing retreat—words generated, sections drafted, work submitted—to noticing how the ret ... Link to item Cite

Stuck in Your Writing? Invite Readers into Your Writing Process.

Other Inside Higher Ed · August 3, 2023 Feedback can be an important and healthy part of the writing process. We don’t have to wait until we are at a late stage. And we don’t have to settle for just any feedback that’s offered. Instead, we can cultivate readers for our work and build a network o ... Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Florida State University · 2001 Ph.D.