Rachel Griffo, PhD is the Director of Grants and Special Projects. Dr. Griffo began her career teaching secondary English in Upstate, New York. Prior to pursuing her PhD and career in higher education, she served as a Peace Corps Volunteer at a rural teacher’s college in Fuling, Chongqing, PRC.  Her experience as a RPCV diversified her approach to teaching and inspired her research focus on Chinese-English translation studies and teaching English to diverse language users. Before coming to Carlow, Dr. Griffo taught English language and literacy, as well as first-year college writing and technical communication, full-time at the community college and served in various leadership roles. She has written grants for local nonprofits and small businesses and now writes and manages grants to support programs in the Education Department.

Education

• PhD – Composition and Applied Linguistics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (2016)
• MA – English Language and Literature, Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY (2009)
• BA – English, Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY (2006)

Professional Memberships

• Society of Research Administrators International

Research

Interests: Trauma Informed Pedagogy; Teaching Strategies that Serve Diverse Language Users; Experiential Learning; Apprenticeship Models for Preservice Teachers and Wellness 

Publications

• Griffo, Rachel and Curt Porter, editors. The Matter of Practice: New Materialisms and New Literacies in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. Information Age Publishing. (March 2021).
• Griffo, Rachel. “Review: Translanguaging Outside of the Academy: Negotiating Rhetoric and Healthcare in the Spanish Caribbean.” Composition Studies 47.2 (2019).
• Griffo, Rachel. “Review: Cosmopolitan English & Transliteracy.” Style 50.4 (2017).
• Griffo, Rachel. “The Practices of Representation in a Transnational Ethnic Art Exhibit.” Rhetoric Review 35.1 (2016).
• Griffo, Rachel. “Review: The Open Hand: Arguing as an Art of Peace.” Composition Studies 43.2 (2015).