University Writing Program

Faculty and Instructors

Rafael Abrahams
Rafael Abrahams
PhD Candidate, History, Writing Instructor
Rabb Graduate Center 219
Pronouns: he, him, his

FYS 72A — Autobiographical Comics

Casey Andrews
Casey Andrews
Myra Kraft Achievers
Rabb Graduate Center 222
Pronouns: she, her, hers

TYP 8A & 8B: Writing for Social Justice

Katrin Fischer
Katrin Fischer
Senior Lecturer
Interim Director, University Writing Program, Fall 2025
781-736-5850 Rabb Graduate Center 216
Pronouns: she, her, hers

FYS 17B — Bodies of Evidence: Forensic Science in Fact and Fiction
FYS 43A — Storytelling in Business
FYS 52B — Environmental Justice

James Heazlewood-Dale
James Heazlewood-Dale
Lecturer
Rabb Graduate Center 218
Pronouns: he, him, his

FYS 62A — Video Games, Gamers, and Gaming Styles
FYS 76A — Musical Storytelling in Film, TV, & Video Games

elissa jacobs
Elissa Jacobs
Assistant Professor, University Writing Program
781-736-2168 Rabb Graduate Center 224
Pronouns: she, her, hers

FYS 02A — Darwinian Dating: The Evolution of Human Attraction
FYS 37A — The Biology of Morality

Yael Kenan
Lecturer, University Writing Program
(781) 736-6897 Rabb Graduate Center 218

CSEM-01A - Composition Seminar
FYS 77a - Jerusalem, Then and Now

FYS 76b - Narratives of Migration

 

joshua lederman
Joshua Lederman
Senior Lecturer, University Writing Program
781-736-2571 Rabb Graduate Center 217
Pronouns: he, him, his

CSEM-01A — Composition Seminar
FYS 32A — Pursuing Truth in a Post-Truth World
FYS 69A — Hip-Hop as Social Commentary
FYS 69B — The Ethics of True Crime

marsha nourse
Marsha Nourse
Senior Lecturer, University Writing Program
781-736-3318 Rabb Graduate Center 215
Pronouns: she, her, hers

CSEM-01A — Composition Seminar
FYS-34A — Reading and Writing Boston
FYS-45B — Environmental Literature: Ecocriticism and Writing
FYS-67B — Music, Protest, and Social Change in the 1960s

lisa rourke
Lisa Rourke
Associate Professor
On leave, Fall 2025
781-736-2739 Rabb Graduate Center 225
Pronouns: she, her, hers

FYS 01A — Stories of Illness
FYS 04A — Medical Ethics
FYS 13B — Business Ethics