Our Faculty and Staff

Writing in the Disciplines is staffed by Director Susanmarie Harrington, Faculty Associates Daniella Hall Sutherland, Jean Bessette, and Summer Pennell, Program Coordinator April Christenson, and Graduate Research Assistants Brianna Jarvis and Henry Schmidel.

WID Faculty

Susanmarie Harrington

Professor of English • Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu

Daniella Hall Sutherland

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

daniella.sutherland@uvm.edu

Jean Bessette

Associate Professor • Director of Graduate Studies

Jean.Bessette@uvm.edu

Summer Melody Pennell

Lecturer of Education • Program Coordinator, Secondary Education Master of Arts in Teaching

summer.pennell@uvm.edu

WID Staff

April Christenson

Program Coordinator, UVM Writing Centers and Writing in the Disciplines

April.Christenson@uvm.edu (802) 656-1958
Expertise

April (she/her) was a small business owner and toddler/preschool teacher prior to joining WID in 2016. She holds a B.A. in Biology with a minor in English from the University of Vermont. April's role at WID includes event planning,...

Henry Schmidel

Graduate Research Assistant, Writing in the Disciplines • Graduate Student, History

henry.schmidel@uvm.edu
Expertise

Henry Schmidel is a graduate student in the history department and a graduate research assistant for Writing in the Disciplines. His research focuses on the CIA/Air Force behavioral research in the early Cold War, and more broadly he studies the...

Brianna Jarvis

Graduate Research Assistant, Writing in the Disciplines • Graduate Student, History

brianna.jarvis@uvm.edu
Expertise

Brianna is a master's student in the History department and a graduate research assistant for the Writing in the Disciplines program. She received her bachelor's degree from Shenandoah University in 2024 with a double major in History and...