Gita Dasbender
Professor
Department of English
Seton Hall University
United States of America
Biography
As the Coordinator of Second Language Writing in the English department she is deeply interested in multilingual writing pedagogy and researching and writing about role of metacognition in shaping multilingual students’ writerly identities. In addition to teaching first-year composition for multilingual students, she teaches upper level writing courses and other writing intensive courses. Her research interests and areas of scholarship include threshold concepts in writing studies; metacognition and writing knowledge transfer; writing center pedagogy for multilingual learners; international writing research; and teacher education in global settings. In spring 2013 I received a Fulbright Specialist grant to Vietnam where I taught at two academic institutions--The Banking Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi and Ha Nam College of Education in Ha Nam province. I currently serve as director of the Prestigious Fellowships Program for the provost’s office.
Research Interest
Threshold concepts in writing studies; metacognition and writing knowledge transfer; writing center pedagogy for multilingual learners; international writing research; and teacher education in global settings
Publications
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“Expanding Horizons: A Second Language Acquisition Approach to Writing Center Practice†Review of Multilingual Writers and Writing Centers by Ben Rafoth. WPA: Writing Program Administration. 39.1. 164-169, Fall 2015.
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“Liminal Space as a Generative Site of Struggle: Writing Transfer and L2 Students.†Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer. Chris Anson and Jessie Moore, eds. WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press--Perspectives on Writing Series. (In contract; forthcoming).
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“Recall, Reframe, Reflect: A Threshold Concepts Framework for First Year Writing.†Companion volume to Contemporary Perspectives on Cognition and Writing. Patricia Portanova, Michael Rifenburg, and Duane Roen, eds. NCTE. (Forthcoming).
