Susan Lawrence

Susan Lawrence is a Professor and Director of George Mason University's Writing Center, which supports undergraduate and graduate students. She specializes in writing center theory, research methods, and discourse analysis. Her work examines graduate student writers and the role of theory in empirical studies of writing. She also teaches courses on professional writing, rhetoric, and research methodologies.

Education: PhD in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University (2000), MA in Literature from University of Wisconsin-Madison (year unspecified), and BA in English and French from College of William and Mary (year unspecified).

Research interests focus on graduate student writing practices, empirical studies of writing, and the rhetorics of reconciliation. She consults with organizations on communicating with public and congressional audiences. Selected publications include works on writing center support for graduate students and discourse analysis in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

No scientific awards listed. Advising details are not provided, but her teaching spans advanced composition, editing, and professional writing courses. She leads the Writing Center, emphasizing interdisciplinary academic support.