Diana Awad Scrocco

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Dr. Diana Awad Scrocco

Associate Professor

English & World Languages

DeBartolo Hall 238

phone: (330) 941-1640

dlawadscrocco@ysu.edu

Bio

I direct the Public and Professional Writing program. My research examines expert-novice interaction and feedback in academic and professional settings. I teach courses in professional writing and writing pedagogy/research.

Research Interests

Public, professional, and technical writing
Writing pedagogy and practice
Writing center theory and practice
Medical rhetoric, writing, and communication

Teaching Interests

Graduate Courses Taught:
Public and Professional Writing ⬥ Grant Writing ⬥ Healthcare Communication ⬥ Writing with Data ⬥ Methods of Composition Research ⬥ Teaching of Writing ⬥ Teaching Practicum ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Internship

Undergraduate Courses Taught:
Introduction to Public, Professional, and Technical Writing ⬥ Ethnographic Writing ⬥ Grant Writing ⬥ Writing with Data ⬥ Writing in the Health Science Professions ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Senior Project ⬥ Writing 1 ⬥ Writing 2 ⬥ Business Writing ⬥ Public and Professional Writing Internship ⬥ English Internship

  • 2012

    Ph D, English: Rhetoric and Composition

    Kent State University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "An Examination of the Literate Practices of Resident Physicians and Attending Physician Preceptors in a Resident-Run Internal Medicine Clinic"

  • 2008

    MA, English: Literature and Writing

    Kent State University

  • 2006

    BA, English and Psychology

    Youngstown State University

  • 2025

    Research Professorship

    Recipient of a university-wide competitive research leave. 9 hours reassigned time.

  • 2018

    Youngstown State University

    Faculty Improvement Leave

    Recipient of a university-wide competitive faculty improvement leave. 9 hours reassigned time.

  • 2017

    Honors College

    University Honors Trustee Faculty Award

    Recipient of an award presented yearly to one faculty member contributing to the positive academic experience of Honors College students

  • 2015

    Youngstown State University

    University Research Professorship

    Recipient of a university-wide competitive research professorship. 9 hours reassigned time.

  • 2012

    Two-Year College English Association

    Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award

    Single author of article awarded the 2013 Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award by the Two-Year College English Association: (2012). Do you care to add something? Articulating the student interlocutor’s voice in writing response dialogue. Teaching English in the Two-Year College 39(3): 274-292.

  • 2019 - 2026

    Coordinator

  • 2023

    "What’s Your Plan for the Consultation? Examining Alignment Between Tutorial Plans and Consultations Among Writing Tutors Using the Read/Plan-Ahead Tutoring Method"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 20, issue 2, p. 7-27

  • 2023

    "Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A “Layered Literacies” Approach to Program Change"

    D. Awad-Scrocco, J. Gordon

    Programmatic Perspectives, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, volume 14, issue 1, p. 5-40

  • 2020

    "Tutor-Talk, Netspeak, and Student Speak: Enhancing Online Conferences"

    D. Awad-Scrocco, C. Werner

    Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 17, issue 2, p. 48-64

  • 2017

    "Reconsidering reading models in writing center consultations: When is the read-ahead method appropriate?"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, University Writing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, volume 14, issue 3, p. 10-20

  • 2016

    "‘Let’s talk more about this’: An analysis of how experts engage novice physicians in pedagogical dialogue"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Communication & Medicine, Equinox Publishing, volume 13, issue 2, p. 227-242

  • 2014

    "Learning to argue like an expert: The role of topoi in internal medicine residency"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Journal of Argumentation in Context, John Benjamins Publishing Company, volume 3, issue 3, p. 231-258

  • 2012

    "How do you think you did? Involving tutors in self-assessment and peer-assessment during OWL training"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Writing Lab Newsletter: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, International Writing Centers Association, volume 36, issue 7-8, p. 9-13

  • 2012

    "Do you care to add something? Articulating the student interlocutor’s voice in writing response dialogue"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Two-Year College English Association; National Council of Teachers of English, volume 39, issue 3, p. 274-292

  • 2011

    "Using music as a theme in an aural project in a college writing course"

    D. Awad-Scrocco

    Sense Publishers; Springer Science & Business Media, p. 55-57

  • 2024 - present


    Youngstown Rayen Early College Scholar Engagement Session

Diana Scrocco

Diana Awad Scrocco earned a Ph.D. in literacy, rhetoric, and social practice at Kent State University where she completed a dissertation on medical communication. Her research examines expert-novice interaction and feedback in academic and professional settings, including the teaching hospital, writing center, and college composition classroom. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in professional and technical writing, composition pedagogy and research methods, and healthcare communication.

Education

  • Ph.D., Kent State University
  • M.A., Kent State University
  • B.A., Youngstown State University

Publications

  • Awad Scrocco, D. & Gordon, Jay L. (2023). Looking Back, Looking Ahead: A “Layered Literacies” Approach to Program Change. Programmatic Perspectives, 14(1), 5-40.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2023). What’s Your Plan for the Consultation? Examining Alignment Between Tutorial Plans and Consultations Among Writing Tutors Using the Read/Plan-Ahead Tutoring Method. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 20(2), 7-27.
  • Werner, C. & Awad Scrocco, D. (2020). Tutor-Talk, Netspeak, and Student Speak: Enhancing Online Conferences. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 17(2), 48-64.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2017). Reconsidering reading models in writing center consultations: When is the read-ahead method appropriate? Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 14(3), 10-20.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2016). ‘Let’s talk more about this’: An analysis of how experts engage novice physicians in pedagogical dialogue. Communication & Medicine, 13(2), 227-242.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2014). Learning to argue like an expert: The role of topoi in internal medicine residency. Journal of Argumentation in Context, 3(3), 231-258.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2012). Do you care to add something? Articulating the student interlocutor’s voice in writing response dialogue. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 39(3), 274-292.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2012). How do you think you did? Involving tutors in self-assessment and peer-assessment during OWL training. The Writing Lab Newsletter, 36(7-8), 9-13.
  • Awad Scrocco, D. (2011). Using music as a theme in an aural project in a college writing course. In J. K. Dowdy & S. Kaplan (Eds.), Teaching Drama in the Classroom: A Toolbox for Teachers (pp. 55-57). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publishers.