Clare Russell

Organizing and Humanizing the Teaching Track in Rhetoric and Composition Programs

Close-up of Clare Russell, a Latina woman with chin-length brown curly hair, smiling at the camera. She is wearing glasses and a polka dot top.

Clare Russell is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She researches writing pedagogy education, specifically how our field invents future college writing instructors through the curricular design of teaching practicum courses. Clare is also interested in theories and pedagogies that benefit a diversity of undergraduate students. Contract grading, genre awareness, and writing about writing pedagogies have enriched both her teaching and her relationships with students. She is a proud member of Pitt Faculty Union.