About

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Dr. Jessica Slentz has a PhD in English/Writing History and Theory from CWRU, an MA in English from the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY), and an MA in Creative Writing from Kingston University (Kingston Upon Thames, UK). Before returning to CWRU as faculty, she served as Assistant Professor in Professional Writing at Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) and as Director of Research, Scholarship, and Innovation at Nazareth University (Rochester, NY). Her background is in professional communications and she has nearly a decade of experience in research/sponsored programs administration and academic grant writing. She has taught courses in academic writing, professional/technical/science/health writing, creative writing, oral communications, research design, rhetoric, literature, and more.