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Madeline Jean Crozier Sutton

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Madeline Crozier Sutton is an Assistant Professor of the Practice of Writing Studies and Assistant Director of the TWP Writing Studio. She is a writing studies scholar whose research works to advance equity in the teaching and learning of writing. She studies the impacts of assessment at classroom, programmatic, and institutional levels.

Her research interests include composition pedagogy, equitable assessment, writing center administration, and writing pedagogy education. Areas of expertise include first-year writing, teacher and tutor training, and qualitative research methods and methodologies. Her research has appeared in Composition Forum, Journal of Business & Technical Communication, and several edited collections.

Madeline earned her PhD in English (Rhetoric, Writing, & Linguistics) from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2025) and MA in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse from DePaul University (2020). She serves as Assistant Secretary of the Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA), Graduate Student Representative of the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA), and Associate Editor (Copyediting) for the Journal of Writing Assessment.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program · 2025 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Director of Thompson Writing Program Writing Studio · 2025 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Developing antiracist pedagogy & linguistic justice in cross-cultural composition through the “Toward Antiracist First-Year Composition Goals” statement

Journal Article Journal of Second Language Writing · December 1, 2025 While the publication of the “Toward Antiracist First-Year Composition Goals” Statement (Beavers et al., 2021) received much attention in the field of writing program administration, instructors need practical examples to demonstrate how to apply its conce ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Tennessee, Knoxville · 2025 Ph.D.
Depaul University · 2020 M.A.