Cynthia Johanek

Cindy Johanek began her educational journey at a community college and later earned a B.A. in English (Writing Emphasis) and Psychology (Cognitive Emphasis) at St. Cloud State University where she first encountered the joy of working in a writing center. She continued that work while earning an M.A. and Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric at Ball State University. She is the author of Composing Research: A Contextualist Research Paradigm for Rhetoric and Composition, which explored research design and methodology in composition studies and which won the Best Book prize from the Inter/National Writing Centers Association in 2001. Cindy has long been active in writing center communities and currently serves as the 2-year College Representative to the Executive Board of the International Writing Centers Association and as an at-large representative to the Midwest Writing Centers Association. She joined the NHCC faculty in 2007.