Andrea Olinger

Dr. Andrea Olinger is an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville, serving as Director of Composition and Director of the Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. She joined the faculty in 2014 after earning a PhD in English with a specialization in Writing Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MA from UCLA. Her research focuses on sociocultural approaches to writing styles, embodied semiotics, and writing pedagogy. Key areas include writing across the curriculum, teacher development, and second language writing.

Dr. Olinger co-founded the University of Louisville’s Discourse and Semiotics Workshop and previously co-coordinated the CCCC Standing Group on Writing about Writing pedagogies. Her recent work explores faculty discourse contradictions, digital field experiences for preservice teachers, and multimodal composing practices. She prioritizes qualitative research methodologies and collaborative inquiry in her scholarship.

Her publications span journals like Literacy in Composition Studies, English Education, and Research in the Teaching of English. She actively contributes to antiracist pedagogy initiatives and professional development for online writing instruction.