Rita J. Malenczyk

Rita J. Malenczyk is a Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center at Eastern Connecticut State University. She holds a MA from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD from New York University. Her research focuses on writing program administration, writing center studies, and the rhetoric of crime and crime fiction. She has directed Eastern's writing program since 1994 and previously served as president of the national Council of Writing Program Administrators.

• Education:
• MA in English, Washington University in St. Louis
• PhD in English, New York University

Her teaching interests include college writing, introduction to writing studies, and rhetoric of crime. Her scholarship examines organizational narratives in writing centers, collaboration in educational administration, and disciplinary frameworks in composition studies. She has authored/co-authored notable works such as Composition, Rhetoric, and Disciplinarity (2018).

No scientific awards are listed, but she has held leadership roles in national writing administration organizations. Her contributions to writing center studies and program administration have been influential in shaping academic writing practices.