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About Kevin Dvorak

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., is a Professor and Executive Director of the NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center. He is a past president of both the International Writing Centers Association and the Southeastern Writing Center Association. He has co-chaired two IWCA Summer Institutes, two SWCA Conferences, and one National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing.

His book, Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work (Hampton, 2008), won the 2009 IWCA Outstanding Scholarship Award for Best Book/Major Work. He has also published in ESL Writers: A Guide for Writing Center Tutors, Tutoring Second Language Writers, The Writing Center Director’s Resource Manual, The Successful High School Writing Center, Writing Studio Pedagogy: Space, Place, and Rhetoric in Collaborative Environments, The Journal of Faculty Development, the Communication Center Journal, as well as in Praxis and The Writing Center Journal. Dr. Dvorak earned the 2014 SWCA Achievement Award and the 2014 NSU STUEY Award for Professor of the Year.

Positions

2017 - Present Executive Director, Nova Southeastern University ‐ NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center
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2017 - Present Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Academic Affairs
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2011 - 2016 Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Writing Center/Wiriting Across the Curriculum
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2007 - 2011 Assistant Professor, St. Thomas University ‐ Department of English and Humanities
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2007 - 2011 Director, St. Thomas University ‐ University Writing Center
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2006 - 2007 Director, Keiser University ‐ Writing Program
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2004 - 2006 Full-time Faculty / Instructor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‐ English Department
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2003 - 2004 Graduate Assistant Director, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‐ Writing Center
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2001 - 2002 Graduate Assistant Director, Sonoma State University
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2002 Instructor, Sonoma State University ‐ English Department
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2000 - 2001 Teaching Assistant, Sonoma State University ‐ English Department
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1999 - 2001 Writing Tutor, Sonoma State University ‐ Writing Center
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1997 - 1998 English Teacher, The Brookside School ‐ Wall, NJ
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Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2016 - Present Member, QEP II Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2016 - Present Member, QEP II Marketing Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2016 - Present Chair, multiple Internal Review Committees (IRC), Nova Southeastern University
2015 - Present Member, Academic Review Committee (ARC), Nova Southeastern University
2014 - Present Member, SACSCOC Advisory Council (Decennial Reaffirmation), Nova Southeastern University
2014 - Present Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Advisory Council, NSU
Present Member, International Writing Centers Association
Present Member, Southeastern Writing Center Association
2015 - 2016 Member, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2015 - 2016 Chair, Department of Writing and Communication Curriculum Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2013 - 2014 Member, Financial Support for Student Conference Travel, College Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2013 - 2014 Member, University Foundations of Excellence: Faculty Dimension Committee, Nova Southeastern University
2014 Member, Academic Integrity Compliance Task Force, Nova Southeastern University
2012 - 2013 Member, Academic Program Review Internal Review Committee (IRC), Nova Southeastern University
2013 Member, Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Nova Southeastern University
Member, Canadian Writing Centres Association
Member, Conference on College Composition and Communication
Member, Council of Writing Program Administrators
Member, National Council of Teachers of English
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Honors and Awards

  • (2014) Southeastern Writing Center Association Achievement Award
  • (2014) Professor of the Year - Student Life Achievement Awards, Nova Southeastern University
  • (2013-2014) FCAS Course Load Reallocation for Scholarship: One Course, Nova Southeastern University
  • (2012-2013) FCAS Course Load Reallocation for Scholarship: One Course, Nova Southeastern University
  • (2011) FCAS Faculty Merit: Teaching, Service, Scholarship, Nova Southeastern University
  • (2010) Robert Sullivan Award for Faculty Research, St. Thomas University
  • (2009-2010) Title V Transformation Leader
  • (2010) Biscayne College Faculty Research Award, St. Thomas University
  • (2009) Biscayne College Faculty Research Award, St. Thomas University
  • (2008) Biscayne College Faculty Research Award, St. Thomas University
  • (2008) Robert Sullivan Award for Faculty Research, St. Thomas University
  • (2008) Winner of the International Writing Centers Association Best Book/Major Work Award for Creative Approaches to Writing Center Work (Hampton Press)
  • (2008) Faculty Marshall for Commencement, St. Thomas University
  • (2004) Director’s Award, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writing Center

Courses

  • COMP 1000: Basic Writing
  • COMP 1500: College Writing
  • COMP 2000: Advanced College Writing
  • WRIT 2100: Introduction to Professional Writing
  • WRIT 5300: Grammar in English Writing
  • WRIT 3150: Business Writing (Main Campus and Bahamas)
  • WRIT 3600: Writing Center Studies
  • WRIT 4950: Internship in Writing
  • WRIT 5300: Grammar in English Writing
  • WRIT 5500: Writing for Journals and Magazines

Education

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Ph.D., English: Composition and TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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M.A., English: Rhetoric and Composition, Sonoma State University
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B.A., English: Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University
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Links

Contact Information

(954) 262-8108

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