L. Caitlin Jorgensen

L. Caitlin Jorgensen serves as a Senior Teaching Professor and Director of the Writing Center in the English Department at Skidmore College, where she has taught writing for 8 years following over two decades of experience in composition pedagogy. Her career includes writing tutor positions at the University of Tennessee, University of South Carolina, and Yale University, plus leadership as Assistant Director of the Writing Center at USC.

Her educational background:

• Ph.D. in British Renaissance Literature and Rhetoric and Composition, University of South Carolina
• M.A. in English, University of Tennessee

Professor Jorgensen's research centers on food discourse and composition theory:

• Food Writing and the Rhetoric of Food examining cultural narratives
• Rhetoric and Composition pedagogical frameworks
• Essay as literary form and academic practice
• English Renaissance Literature textual analysis

Her pedagogy emphasizes individualized writer consultations and iterative revision processes, directly applied through her Writing Center leadership. Beyond academia, she maintains active interests in baking, textile crafts, and seasonal food preservation including summer jam-making and fall applesauce production.