Heather Lindenman
Associate Professor of English
Department: English
Email: hlindenman@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-6663
Brief Biography
News & Notes
Education
Ph.D., English, University of Maryland
M.A., English, Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School
B.A., English, Williams College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Courses Taught
ENG1100 Writing: Argument and Inquiry
ENG2090 Writing Studies Survey
ENG1000 Supplemental Writing Workshop
ENG4890 Teaching and Learning Apprenticeship
ECF1110 Paths of Inquiry in the Arts and Sciences
COR4170 Literacy and Power
PWR2120 Multimedia Rhetorics
PWR3210 Writing Grants
PWR3230 Writing Civic Action
HNR2360 Rewriting Climate Change
Publications
"All the Attention, All the Time: How First-Year Students Experience Writing in a Horizontal Digital Ecosystem." Computers and Composition, vol. 75, 2025, pp. 1-14. With Greg Hlavaty and Travis Maynard.
"Beyond the 'Improvement Imperative': Writing to Change Oneself and the World in First-Year Composition." Composition Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, 2024, pp. 47-68. With Margaret Chapman, Jennifer Eidum, Lina Kuhn, and Li Li.
"A Taxonomy of Life Writing: Exploring the Functions of Meaningful Self-Sponsored Writing in Everyday Life." Written Communication, vol. 41, no. 1, 2024, pp. 70-106. With Dana Lynn Driscoll, Andrea Efthymiou, Matthew Pavesich, and Jennifer Reid.
“Theorizing Writing Differently: How Community-Engaged Projects in First-Year Composition Shape Students' Writing Theories and Strategies.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 74, no. 1, 2022, pp. 84-112.
"Writing Outside of Class: The Untapped Potential of Students' Non-Academic Writing." WPA: Writing Program Administration, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 17-44. With Paula Rosinksi.
"The Work of the Conference on Community Writing: Reflections on the 2019 Philadelphia Conference." Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, vol. 19, no. 2, 2020, pp. 240-268. With Adam Hubrig, Justin Lohr, and Rachael W. Shah.
"Challenging Audiences to Listen: The Performance of Self-Disclosure in Community Writing Projects." Community Literacy Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. 71-86. With Justin Lohr.
"Revision and Reflection: A Study of (Dis)Connections between Writing Knowledge and Writing Practice." College Composition and Communication, vol. 69, no. 4, 2018, pp. 581-611. With Martin Camper, Jessica Enoch, and Lindsay Dunne Jacoby.
"What Changes When We 'Write for Change'?: Considering the Consequences of a High School-University Writing Partnership." Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, pp. 8-38. With Justin Lohr.
"From the Center to the Sidelines: Responsive Leadership in a High School-College Writing Partnership." In Writing for Engagement: Responsive Practice for Social Action, edited by Mary P. Sheridan, Megan J. Bardolph, Megan Faver Hartline, and Drew Holladay, Lexington Press, 2018, pp. 153-166.
“Inventing Metagenres: How Four College Seniors Connect Writing Across Domains.” Composition Forum, vol. 31, 2015.
Awards
Kernodle Center for Civic Life Outstanding Faculty Member Award, 2022
NC Humanities Community Engagement Grant, 2022
CATL Teaching and Learning Grant, 2017
Community Partnership Initiative Grant, 2017 and 2020
CCCC Chairs Memorial Scholarship, 2015
Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative Award (University of Maryland), 2014
Rise Above Grant (University of Maryland), 2013
James A. Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching (University of Maryland), 2012