Neal Lerner

Neal Lerner is Associate Professor of English and Writing Program Director at Northeastern University in Boston, MA, where he teaches first-year writing, advanced writing for science and engineering students, creative nonfiction, and graduate writing pedagogy. His book The Idea of a Writing Laboratory (Southern Illinois UP, 2009) won the 2011 NCTE David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English. His is also the co-author of Learning to Communicate as a Scientist and Engineer: Case Studies from MIT (MIT Press, 2010), which won the 2012 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award, and co-author of The Longman Guide to Peer Tutoring, 2nd ed (Pearson/Longman, 2007). He is a five-time recipient of the International Writing Centers Association Outstanding Scholarship Award and has published on the history of teaching writing, the history of teaching science, and administrative and theoretical issues in writing programs and centers. He lives in Brookline, MA, with his family, one dog, and three cats.