Joshua Botvin

Joshua Botvin serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor and Assistant Director of the Writing & Multiliteracy Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where he also coordinates the Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Program. His academic roles span both teaching and administrative responsibilities within the Department of English & Communication.

• 2016 - Master of Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• 2013 - Bachelor of Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Botvin's research focuses on:

• Pop culture analysis through cinematic lenses (notably Jaws franchise studies)
• Rhetorical theory and practice in academic settings
• Writing center pedagogy and institutional margins
• First-year composition instruction and student development
• Technical communication frameworks for professional settings

His scholarly output reveals a pattern of interdisciplinary work bridging film studies with educational theory, examining both:

• Cultural narratives in mass media
• Structural approaches to writing instruction
• Equity issues in academic support systems
• Argumentation frameworks for college-level writing