Jennifer Ahern Dodson | Scholars@Duke

Jennifer Ahern Dodson
Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program

Jennifer Ahern-Dodson's research centers on the role that community plays in shaping attitudes toward writing, fostering self-authorship, and cultivating learning spaces that promote rigor, creativity, critical reflection, and civic engagement. She has been involved in a number of interdisciplinary initiatives focused on public scholarship at Duke, leads faculty learning communities that explore pedagogical innovations in writing and undergraduate research, and teaches digital storytelling and student activism. She founded the Faculty Write Program and is the Associate Director for the Duke Language, Arts + Media Program . Since 2002 she has co-created Durham-based storytelling projects with students and community members.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program, Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
Director of Outreach and Faculty Write of Thompson Writing Program, Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014

Contact Information

115 Art Building, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708-0425
jahern@duke.edu (919) 660-4393
Faculty Write Program
Language, Arts, and Media Program
Personal Webpage

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Florida State University 2001
Recognition
In the News
- NOV 29, 2018 Civic Engagement
  
  Being a More Engaged Scholar Through Writing
- JUL 6, 2018
  
  Faculty Members from Duke, ECU Selected as Engaged Faculty Scholars
- JUN 14, 2017
  
  At Summer Retreat, Faculty Brush Up on Their Writing
- NOV 25, 2014
  
  Going Digital: Reinventing Duke's Writing Curriculum
- SEP 23, 2014 VOA News
  
  Jennifer Ahern-Dodson: Tips for better writing
- AUG 8, 2014
  
  Signing My Rights Away
- FEB 21, 2012
  
  From Brain to Paper: How to Write Well
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Seed Grant: Faculty Writing Retreat Project: Building Community around Writing awarded by Duke Office of Faculty Advancement 2019
- Advancing Faculty Scholarship in Medicine awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Foundation 2018
- Seed Grant: Advancing Faculty Writers through Summer Writing Retreats awarded by Office for Faculty Advancement 2018
- Writing in a Digital Age awarded by Humanities Writ Large Emerging Networks Grant 2013
- Duke-Durham Writes Studio awarded by Office of Civic Engagement 2013
- Research with Writing Faculty Fellows Program Development awarded by Center for Instructional Technology 2011
- iPad Investigation Grant awarded by Center for Instructional Technology 2011
External Relationships
- Campbell University
- Syracuse University and Central New York Humanities Corridor
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ahern-Dodson, J., & Dufour, M. (2021). Supporting Faculty as Writers and Teachers An Integrative Approach to Educational Development. To Improve the Academy, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.3998/tia.964
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  - Ahern-Dodson, J., Clark, C. R., Mourad, T., & Reynolds, J. A. (2020). Beyond the numbers: understanding how a diversity mentoring program welcomes students into a scientific community. Ecosphere, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3025
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  - Ahern Dodson, J., & Reisinger, D. (2017). Moving beyond corrective feedback: (Re)engaging with student writing in L2 through audio response. Journal of Response to Writing, 3(1), 129–152.
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  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2013). The Role of Community in Working with Faculty Writers: Response to 'The Supplementary Clerk'.". Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 2(11), 1–6.
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  - Ahern-Dodson, J., & Comer, D. K. (2013). Multidisciplinarity and the Tablet: A Study of Writing Practices. Writing Across the Curriculum, 24, 63–82.
  - Reynolds, J. A., & Ahern-Dodson, J. (2010). Promoting science literacy through Research Service-Learning, an emerging pedagogy with significant benefits for students, faculty, universities, and communities. Journal of College Science Teaching, 39(6).
- Book Sections
  - Dufour, M., & Ahern Dodson, J. (2017). Good Writers Always Follow My Rules. In C. Ball & D. Loewe (Eds.), Bad Ideas about Writing.
  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2013). Composing a life in the academy: Connecting intellectual, personal, and activist commitments. In C. Leverenz, D. LeCourt, & A. Goodburn (Eds.), Rewriting success: Constructing careers and institutional change in rhetoric and composition. Parlour.
  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2012). Enhancing the learning in service-learning composition classes: Fostering critical reflection with students, faculty, and community partners. In S. Garza (Ed.), Service-learning in the composition classroom.
- Other Articles
  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2016). Teach the Moment. Change: the Magazine of Higher Learning. Change.
- Digital Publications
  - North Carolina Campus Compact Community of Practice, Inquiry, and Learning (COPIL), . (2021). A Primer on the Benefits and Value of Civic & Community Engagement in Higher Education. L. Garvin, P.H. Clayton, J.D. Brazell-Brayboy, K.Medlin, E. Kohl (Eds.). North Carolina Campus Compact.
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  - Ahern Dodson, J., & Clifford, J. (2020). Shifting Perspectives: When Teachers Are Learners. Duke Learning Innovation.
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  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2016). What Faculty Writers Need. Inside Higher Ed.
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  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2016). Signs It's Time to Break Up with Your Writing Group. Chronicle of Higher Education, Prof Hacker.
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  - Ahern Dodson, J. (2014). Scholarly Writing Hacks: 5 Lessons I Learned Writing Every Day in June. Chronicle of Higher Education, Prof Hacker.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Service to the Profession
- Participant. Faculty Success Program. National Cener for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). 2017 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

In the News

Subject Headings

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Other Articles

Digital Publications

Recent Courses

Service to the Profession