WID Faculty
Professor • Director of Writing in the Disciplines
Rhetoric and composition, literacy
Susan.Harrington@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17th-century British, Bible as literature, critical theory, Women's studies
lisa.schnell@uvm.edu (802) 656-8627
Associate Professor
Feminist political ecology, geography, cultural anthropology and STSS;
Critical development, NGO, sustainability and animal studies;
Digital geographies and natures
WID Staff
Program Coordinator, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Writing Centers and Writing in the Disciplines
April.Christenson@uvm.edu (802) 656-1958April (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 ¶¶Òõ̽̽. April's role at WID includes event planning, office management, communications, and financial management. April is also the Program Coordinator for the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Writing Centers.
Graduate Research Assistant, Writing in the Disciplines • Graduate Student, History
jane.brinley@uvm.eduJane (she/her) is a graduate student in the accelerated M.A. history program studying under Nicole Phelps. She received her B.A. in history from ¶¶Òõ̽̽ in 2024, with minors in film and geography, and served as a tutor at the Undergraduate Writing Center. Her research focuses on orphans and disadvantaged children in Progressive Era America. In her spare time she knits and writes novels.
Graduate Research Assistant, Writing in the Disciplines • Graduate Student, History
henry.schmidel@uvm.eduHenry Schmidel is a graduate student in the history department and a graduate research assistant for Writing in the Disciplines. His research focuses on the Iran-Contra affair and the histories of both CIA foreign intervention and international drug trafficking.
In his spare time, Henry likes to watch movies. His top five movies are Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975), Dead Man (Jarmusch, 1995), My Dinner With Andre (Malle, 1981), True Stories (Byrne, 1986), and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Schrader, 1985). His favorite directors are Orson Welles, Jim Jarmusch, Cost-Gavras, Sara Driver, and Jean-Pierre Melville.
When he isn't watching movies, Henry is known to enjoy the novels and poems of Roberto Bolaño.