Marlene Bernholtz specializes in teaching Organizational/Corporate Writing in the Professional Writing Program in the Writing Department and offers individual instruction in the York University Writing Centre. Her courses advocate a strategic approach to communication that integrates rhetorical principles with practical problem-solving skills within a systematic, audience-focused process. Marlene has served as Undergraduate Program Director and Interim Writing Centre Director in the department, which she also represents in the Learning Commons to develop and promote academic literacies among undergraduate students. Research interests include integrating academic literacies into discipline-specific programs through a read-to-write pedagogical model, multilingual writing pedagogies, and the affective impact of institutional space on student learning.

Research Interests

Approach to Teaching

Marlene Bernholtz specializes in teaching Organizational/Corporate Writing in the Professional Writing Program in the Writing Department and offers individual instruction in the York University Writing Centre. Her courses advocate a strategic approach to communication that integrates rhetorical principles with practical problem-solving skills within a systematic, audience-focused process.

PRWR 3003 3.00 Introduction to Organizational/Corporate Writing
PRWR 4003 6.00 Organizational Writing Capstone

Marlene Bernholtz specializes in teaching Organizational/Corporate Writing in the Professional Writing Program in the Writing Department and offers individual instruction in the York University Writing Centre. Her courses advocate a strategic approach to communication that integrates rhetorical principles with practical problem-solving skills within a systematic, audience-focused process. Marlene has served as Undergraduate Program Director and Interim Writing Centre Director in the department, which she also represents in the Learning Commons to develop and promote academic literacies among undergraduate students. Research interests include integrating academic literacies into discipline-specific programs through a read-to-write pedagogical model, multilingual writing pedagogies, and the affective impact of institutional space on student learning.

Marlene Bernholtz specializes in teaching Organizational/Corporate Writing in the Professional Writing Program in the Writing Department and offers individual instr. Her courses advocate taking a strategic approach to communication that integrates rhetorical principles with practical problem-solving skills within a systematic, audience-focused process. Marlene has served as Undergraduate Program Director and Interim Writing Centre Director in the department, which she also represents in the Learning Commons to develop and promote academic literacies among undergraduate students. Research interests include integrating academic literacies into discipline-specific programs through a read-to-write pedagogical model, multilingual writing pedagogies, and the affective impact of institutional space on student learning.

Marlene has presented sessions on these topics at the following conferences:
2018 - "Breaking Barriers – A Seamless Approach to Developing Academic Literacies" at the Writing Symposium 2018: Integrating Academic Writing in Internationalised Universities, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
2018 - "Varieties of Experiential Experience" at the Association for Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Austin Texas
2019 - "Problematizing the Institutionalization of 'Diversity Discourse' in Writing Studies" at the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing Conference, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2023 - "Demystifying Academic Writing" at Teaching in Focus, York University
2024 - "Embedded Writing Centre Pedagogy: Three interventions that re-imagine The Centre" at the European Writing Centre Association, University of Limerick, Limerick Ireland

Degrees

MA, York University
BA, University of Toronto
TESL Certificate, University of Toronto
Special Education Part 1, York University

Professional Leadership

Marlene has served as Undergraduate Program Director and Interim Writing Centre Director in the department, which she also represents in the Learning Commons, to develop and promote academic literacies among undergraduate students.

Community Contributions

Marlene served on the LA&PS Academic Policy and Planning Committee from 2019 - 2022 and on the Student Academic Petitions & Appeals Committee from 2016-2018

Research Interests

Approach to Teaching

Marlene Bernholtz specializes in teaching Organizational/Corporate Writing in the Professional Writing Program in the Writing Department and offers individual instruction in the York University Writing Centre. Her courses advocate a strategic approach to communication that integrates rhetorical principles with practical problem-solving skills within a systematic, audience-focused process.

PRWR 3003 3.00 Introduction to Organizational/Corporate Writing
PRWR 4003 6.00 Organizational Writing Capstone