Gina’s current research utilizes quantitative models to answer a range of questions about behaviors and practices in and around writing centers, such as tutor attitudes towards wellness and self-care practices, tutor engagement with writing center documentation, and students’ perceptions of writing centers. Her work can be found in journals addressing writing center assessment, training and programmatic interventions, and cross-institutional data collaborations such as Praxis, TETYC, Journal of Writing Research, and Journal of Writing Analytics. In addition to her faculty work, she also Direct the Writing Center at Middlebury College which is housed in the Center for Teaching Learning and Research.

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Dr. Giamo’s current research utilizes quantitative models to answer a range of questions about behaviors and practices in and around writing centers, such as tutor attitudes towards wellness and self-care practices, tutor engagement with writing center documentation, and students’ perceptions of writing centers. Her work can be found in journals addressing writing center assessment, training and programmatic interventions, and cross-institutional data collaborations such as Praxis, TETYC, Journal of Writing Research, and Journal of Writing Analytics. In addition to her faculty work, she also direct the Writing Center at Middlebury College which is housed in the Center for Teaching Learning and Research.  Out of her call to address wellness issues, Dr. Giaimo has written extensively, including her recently published a book, Unwell Writing Centers: Searching for Wellness in Neoliberal Educational Institutions and Beyond. Her list of scholarly articles include: “I don’t know how I feel,” Dispatches from a First-Year Writing Classroom During the Pandemic.” Composition Studies;” “Understanding the Challenges and Needs of International STEM Graduate Students: Implications for Writing Groups,” Across the Disciplines 19(1), 7-26; “Grades Make me Depressed: Reevaluating Meaning-Making in our Grading System;” “Multimodality and Carework: Meaning-Making about Loss and Grief,” Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics. 6(2); and “Working Towards the Trifecta: A WLN Special Edition on Wellness and Self-care.” WLN a Journal of Writing Center Scholarship. “Session Notes as a Professionalization Tool for Writing Center Staff: Conducting Discourse Analysis to Determine Training Efficacy and Tutor Growth,” Journal of Writing Research, 11(1) 131-162, received the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Outstanding Scholarship Award, 2022.

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Dr. Giaimo’s research aligns with our conference theme, as well as with Bronx Community College’s Strategic plan for 2020-2025, especially Objective 1.2 which tells us to “support the Holistic Needs of All Students, B. support the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of students.