Courtney Adams Wooten

Courtney Adams Wooten is an Associate Professor at George Mason University, specializing in Writing Program Administration, Feminist Rhetorics, and Composition Pedagogy. She serves as the Associate Chair for Writing Program Administration and directs Mason's Composition Program, focusing on equitable access to writing education.

• Education: Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition), University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2014); M.A. in English, Winthrop University (2008); B.A. in English with Honors, Wingate University (2006).

Her research explores hybrid writing courses, emotional labor in academia, and childfree rhetorics. Recent work investigates labor constraints in higher education and innovative assessment strategies. She has received the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching (2023) and the Council of WPAs Outstanding Scholarship Award (2020). Her publications include Childfree and Happy: Transforming the Rhetoric of Women's Reproductive Choices (2023) and co-edited collections on emotional labor and transitional WPAs. She supervises graduate students and teaches courses like Advanced Composition and Composition Theory (Emotion and Affect).