Trixie Smith is Director of the graduate program in Rhetoric and Writing, Director of the Red Cedar Writing Project, and Director of GALE (Global Alliances in Literacy and Engagement) all at Michigan State University. She is faculty in Writing, Rhetoric & Cultures and the Center for Gender in Global Context. Since joining the faculty at MSU in August 2007, she has taught a wide range of courses. Her teaching and research are infused with issues of gender, queerness, and activism even as they revolve around writing center theory and practice, WAC/WID, writing pedagogy, and teacher training. Likewise these areas often intersect with her interests in embodiment, community and global engagement, and the idea that we’re just humans learning with/from other humans (you know, with bodies, feelings, lives outside the academy). She has served on numerous boards and committees including the CCCC Executive Committee, ECWCA, IWCA, and MiWCA and spends much of her time helping develop research and writing centers globally. You can find her research published in journals such as College Composition and Communication, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, Across the Disciplines, The Writing Center Journal, and numerous edited collections.