Associate Director, Writing at Middlebury College
Glens Falls, New York Area
Associate Director, Writing at Middlebury College
Glens Falls, New York Area
Since 1994, Mary Ellen Bertolini has worked at Middlebury College in the Writing Program. She has published on Frank McCourt and Sandra Cisneros and has spoken at Middlebury College about Jane Austen. In 2000, began the 4 Divas Writing Project, and spoke at the AEPEL conference “Writing and Healing” in 02. In 05, "Voices, Readers, & Community: Blogging the Unsaid" in, "Pandora’s Blog? What Happens When College Students Take to Social Software in the Classroom Blogging" at SSAW at the Annenberg Center. In 06, Bates College about Middlebury College Peer Writing Program and CTLR. In 07, "Healing and Transgression: Exploding Identity Genres" at CCCC. In 06/07, "Keeping the Fires Burning" at “First-Year Programs and Liberal Arts: Best Practices and New Thinking.” “FYS As Locus for Faculty Development: Creating Mini Learning Communities” at Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, San Francisco,02/08 and International Conference on The First-Year Experience, Dublin, Ireland, 06/08. At CCCC, New Orleans, 04/08, presented, “Workshopping Lives: Writing Workshop in a Writing to Heal Class.” 3/1/09, lecture “The Grace to Deserve: Weighing Merit in Jane Austen’s Persuasion“ for JASNA-VT.
Has taught Writing Workshop courses, Writing Workshop I & II, “Writing to Heal,” courses in Jane Austen, and EL107, “Journal and Essay,” and First-Year Seminars: “Jane Austen & Film” and “Literary Orphans.” In January 2005, she taught "Jane Austen and the Royal Navy." In January 2008, she taught, the Mystique of Pride and Prejudice." She has held positions as Director of Academic Support, Acting Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research, Acting Director of the Writing Program and First-Year Seminar Program and as Faculty Co-Head of Wonnacott Commons. Currently Associate Director of the Writing Program, she runs the Peer Writing Tutor Program, and continues to teach and tutor in the Writing Program at Middlebury College.
Jane Austen, Writing & Healing, Digital Media, Blogging, Peer Writing Tutors
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
February 1994 — Present (15 years 10 months)
M.A. , English Bread Loaf School of English , 1986 — 1990
M.A.T. , English , 1969 — 1971
B.A. , English , 1965 — 1969