Dr. Melissa Ianetta, ‘95, G’98, Class of ’58 Professor* and Director of the Writing and Communication Program in the School of Literature, Media and Communication at Georgia Tech. 

 

She is the current editor of College English, the flagship journal of the College Section of the National Council of Teachers of English. She is a former coeditor of The Writing Center Journal, the journal of the International Writing Center Association. 

 

Dr. Ianetta’s scholarship appeared in venues that include PMLA, College Composition and Communication, and College English. With Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald of Yeshiva University, she co-authored The Oxford Guide to Writing Centers: Practice and Research. 

 

Dr. Ianetta is Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on local and national grants in excess $1,000,000. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Iain Crawford, where she also has two really great rescue dogs that she’ll probably tell you about if you ask. 

 

*A named professorship and professional rank unique to Georgia Tech.