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I am a Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and Director of First-Year Composition. My training is in Composition and Rhetoric with specializations in community literacy, feminist rhetorics, longitudinal methodologies, and writing program administration. I teach courses in composition theory and pedagogy, critical and community literacy studies, feminist theories and methodologies, qualitative research methods, lifespan longitudinal studies, and writing program administration. I also mentor new and seasoned teachers of writing.

Stories, and the ways that people represent their experiences, in their own words, have always mattered to me. In my book, The Desire for Literacy, I concentrated on the ways that adult learners restoried their lived experiences when they became writers, and how they turned their writing toward making social changes in their communities. Currently, in my longitudinal research with populations of adult learners, I am taking a lifespan development of writing approach as I look at how ordinary people relate to writing. Threaded through all my scholarship is a commitment to examining and advocating for equity through community writing partnerships. From my experiences as a researcher and teacher, I have learned to encourage students to always look beyond the confines of the university so that they might understand how their writing can serve multiple purposes, such as problem solving, reflection, and interrogation of power relations. The same feminist imperative that informs my research—of listening intensively for more honest critical “action in cross-boundary exchange” (Jacqueline Jones Royster)—also shapes my teaching and administrative practices. 

I serve on the editorial boards of the CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR) book series and numerous journals, and the Writing Through the Lifespan Collaboration. Prior to my appointment at UTEP, I was Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Writing Program Administrator, and Associate Department Head at NMSU (2016-2019). From 2006-2016, I was Associate Professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é where I also coordinated the first-year writing program.

Education

PhD Rhetoric & Composition, Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (2006)

MFA Creative Writing (fiction), New York Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é, New York, NY (1997)

BA cum laude Amherst College, Amherst, MA (1986)

Selected Publications

Book

The Desire for Literacy: Writing in The Lives of Adult Learners. Urbana: CCCC/NCTE Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR) series, 2015.

Articles and Book Chapters

“Writing with Victor.” Memoria: Essays in Honor of Victor Villanueva. Ed. Asao Inoue, Siskanna Naynaha, and Wendy Olson. Urbana: CCCC/NCTE Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (SWR) series, 2024, pp. 287-305.

“Interpreting Research with Participants: A Lifespan Methodology.” Collie Fulford and Lauren Rosenberg. Improvisations: Methods and Methodologies for Lifespan Writing Research. Ed. Talinn Phillips and Ryan Dippre, WAC Clearinghouse / Colorado State UP, 2024, pp. 87-101. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/improvisations/

“Co-interpretation in Action.” Lauren Rosenberg with Gwen McGowan and Collie Fulford with Adrienne Long. Improvisations: Methods and Methodologies for Lifespan Writing Research. Ed. Talinn Phillips and Ryan Dippre, WAC Clearinghouse / Colorado State UP, 2024, pp. 103-119. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/improvisations/

“Following Participants as Leaders in Long Research.” Telling Stories: Perspectives on Longitudinal Writing Research. Ed. Amy Kimme Hea and Jenn Fishman, Utah State UP, 2023, pp. 45-62.

“Centering Students’ Language and Literacy Practices: How We Counter a Dominant English Paradigm in a Writing Program on the Mexico-US Border.” Lauren Rosenberg and Kate Mangelsdorf. Plurilingual Pedagogies for Multilingual Writing Classrooms: Engaging the Rich Communicative Repertoires of U.S. Students. Ed. Kay Losey and Gail Shuck, Routledge, 2022, pp. 174-189.

“Entanglements of Literacy Studies and Disability Studies.” Lauren Rosenberg and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum. College English. 83. 4, Mar. 2021, pp. 267-288.
Recipient of the 2021 NCTE Richard C. Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Award

“Telling to Heal: Mending Our Fractured Mindbodyspirit.” Judith Flores Carmona and Lauren Rosenberg. Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education. Ed. Michelle M. Espino. 14.1, 2021, DOI: 10.1080/26379112.2021.1891419.

“Revisiting Participants After Publication: Continuing Writing Partnerships.” Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating Murmurations Towards an Actionable Coherence. Ed. Talinn Phillips and Ryan Dippre. WAC Clearinghouse / Colorado State UP, 2020, pp. 97-110. DOI: 10.37514/PER-B.2020.1053.2.06.

“Community Listening: A Community Writing Praxis.” Jenn Fishman and Lauren Rosenberg. Introduction to “Community Writing as Community Listening: A Special Issue to Celebrate the Second Biennial Conference on Community Writing.” Community Literacy Journal. Ed. Jenn Fishman and Lauren Rosenberg. 13.1 Fall 2018.

“’Still Learning’: One Couple’s Literacy Development in Older Adulthood.” Literacy in Composition Studies. Special Issue on “Composing a Further Life,” Ed. Lauren Bowen and Susanne Rumsey. 6.2 Nov. 2018, pp. 18-35.