About the Author

Dr. Stephanie Link

Associate Professor and Graduate College Faculty Fellow, Dr. Stephanie Link, utilized her unique upbringing and academic preparation as motivating factors in her career success. Being a first-generation Asian-Cuban American and first-generation college student, Dr. Link used her life-long struggles with academic language to create opportunities for future generations. She found a way of making a messy writing process manageable by introducing students to tools for finding their researcher identity through writing.

Completing her PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University in May 2015, Dr. Link learned about the value of genre analysis and genre-based pedagogy from a research group led by Dr. Elena Cotos (learn more about their collaborative work here). She rolled right into a faculty position at OSU later that same year. Upon arrival, she noticed a gap between what was available to emerging scientific writers and what she had to offer based on her lived experiences and research interests. This sparked a great interest in creating unique opportunities that assist graduate students with writing for publication. By her second semester at OSU, Dr. Link had begun implementing these ideas in the form of workshops in collaboration with the Graduate College, Writing Center, and OSU Library.