Eileen Kogl Camfield, group director

Eileen has a degree in English (B.A.) and graduate degrees (M.A. and Ed.D.) in Higher Education. Since 1997, she has been an instructor, curriculum designer, and faculty pedagogy coordinator. She spent five years as director of a university writing program, which included chairing the Developmental Writing Department, overseeing the Student Writing Center, and leading faculty learning communities for Writing in the Disciplines. She subsequently served as the Executive Director of Student Academic Success Services. In these roles, she collaborated closely with the General Education Program and with the University Assessment Committee. Eileen’s deep commitment to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion connects with her research interests pertaining to student success, writing self-efficacy development, anti-racist pedagogy, resilience theory, and authentic assessment. At UC Merced, she has a dual-appointment, as a teaching professor in the Global Arts, Media, and Writing Studies Department and in the Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning. She supports faculty and graduate student pedagogy with specific expertise in developing discipline-based writing instruction (WiD) and in using writing to activate and support student learning (WAC-W2L).