Dr. Emily Isaacs is Director of the First-Year Writing Program and associate professor of English, specializing in writing and teaching of writing, at both undergraduate and graduate levels.  Her edited book collection (with Phoebe Jackson) _Public Works: Student Writing as Public Text_ was published with Heinemann Boynton/Cook in 2001.  Currently her scholarship is focused on best practices for writing assessment, the national state of writing instruction and support at U.S. four-year universities, and methods for supporting pre- and in-service language arts instruction. Recently her articles have appeared in _Pedagogy_, _College English_, _Writing Center Journal_, and various book collections. Chapters and articles are forthcoming in _WPA_, _The Journal of Teaching Writing_ and two book collections. In 2012, the Conference on College Composition and Communication honored Montclair State's First-Year Writing Program with the certificate in excellence award.

Spring 2012: On sabbatical

Writing Instruction; Writing Assessment; Writing Program Administration; Writing Centers; Writing Instruction in the Secondary Schools