Susanmarie Harrington

Susanmarie Harrington is a Professor and Director of the Writing in the Disciplines Program at the University of Vermont's Department of English (College of Arts and Sciences). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1990) and has dedicated her career to rhetoric, composition, and literacy education. Her work emphasizes writing program administration, multimodal pedagogy, and institutional partnerships.

Key research interests include writing assessment, disciplinary writing practices, and the political dimensions of basic writing. She has coauthored foundational documents like the WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition (2001) and pioneered frameworks for dynamic criteria mapping in writing evaluation.

• Recipient of major teaching awards including Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award (2001) and multiple IUPUI Excellence in Teaching recognitions
• Leadership roles: Executive Board member of Conference on Basic Writing (1999–2003), Council of Writing Program Administrators (2002–2006), and contributor to national initiatives like the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing
• Publications focus on writing center theory, program sustainability, and multimodal composition pedagogy

Her recent work investigates how writing programs adapt to digital composition environments and collaborates with disciplinary faculty to integrate writing across curricula. She has served on high-impact committees shaping national writing standards and assessment practices.