Presentations
Janelle's has recently presented her scholarship at the annual conferences of the following organizations: Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC), and the Creative Writing Studies Organization (CWSO). She will present at the Modern Language Association (MLA) conference in January 2017.
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Writing Centers
Janelle has several years of experience working in writing centers. Most recently, she served as the director of the Academic Resource Center at the San Francisco Art Institute. Previously, while working as a consultant at the Colorado State University writing center, Janelle conducted extensive research and made recommendations for how the writing center could better meet the needs of graduate students. She generated several resources to describe best practices for working with graduate-level writers, and she hosted a seminar for other writing tutors. Janelle has also provided professionalization training seminars for students on topics such as publishing and drafting application materials.
Literacy & K-12 Education Reform

Janelle served as the assistant director of the Community Literacy Center where she supervised six interns, drafted grant proposals, and coordinated all administrative aspects of the center. Janelle also helped to initiate the Books for Humanity program through Habitat for Humanity.
At The New Teacher Project, Janelle drafted marketing materials and grant proposals to reform the U.S. public school system.
At The New Teacher Project, Janelle drafted marketing materials and grant proposals to reform the U.S. public school system.
Other Service

Janelle has served on the Academic Program Review Committee and the Council on Academic Assessment at SUNY Albany, which oversees university-wide and department-level external and internal assessment. Both committees regularly submit reports and recommendations for improving program and student assessment, which she has helped draft.
Prior to serving on these committees at the University at Albany, Janelle helped establish a faculty working group to address the needs of student-parents at Colorado State University.
Prior to serving on these committees at the University at Albany, Janelle helped establish a faculty working group to address the needs of student-parents at Colorado State University.