Joseph Paszek

Dr. Joseph Paszek has taught college writing for more than 15 years, specializing in rhetoric and composition with research interests in writing transfer, rhetorical genre studies, and metacognition in writing pedagogy. He previously directed both the Writing Program and the University Writing Center at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he designed and assessed first-year writing curricula, led faculty development workshops, and advanced campus-wide writing initiatives.

His scholarship explores the connections between writing pedagogy and the science of learning, focusing on how students carry writing knowledge across different contexts. His work has appeared in Written Communication and in collections such as Contemporary Perspectives on Cognition and Writing and Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer. He has presented at major conferences, including the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, and the International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference.

Most recently, his collaborative projects have examined genre awareness, anti-racist writing pedagogy, and the validation of assessment tools for writing transfer. This work has been supported by grants such as the CCCC Research Initiative and external funding through the Writing Transfer Project.