Saurabh Anand

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Assistant Director - UGA Writing Center
English Composition Instructor

Saurabh Anand (सौरभ आनंद) is a Ph.D. candidate in Rhetoric and Composition Studies. With training as a TESOL/Applied Linguistics scholar, he has taught both German and English in India and the United States. His research focuses on the administration and practices of transnational and multilingual writing programs. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the 2024 LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award by the National Council of Teachers of English, and the International Writing Center Association honored him as the 2023 Future Leader Award recipient. In 2024, he also received a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) grant to conduct research in the context of German writing centers.

His work has been supported by various publications and organizations, including The English Journal, The Writing Center Journal, The Peitho Journal, The Praxis Writing Center Journal, The Community Literacy Journal, the Modern Language Association, and Georgia TESOL.

Education:
  • M.A. ENGLISH, 2018-2020 (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
    Department of English, Minnesota State University, Mankato, the United States
  • Diploma in Teaching German as Foreign Language, 2017-2018
    Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
  • Certificate in Introduction to Hungarian Language, 2015-2016
    Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India
  • B1 Level German Language and Literature, 2014-2016 (as per Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)
    Goethe- Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Research Interests:

Writing Center Studies, Second Language Writing, World Englishes, and Autoethnography.

Grants:

 

  • Champion of Equity Higher Education Award, 2024
    American Consortium for Equity in Education.
     
  • Scholar of Dream Award, 2024
    The Conference on College Composition and Communication.
     
  • Bedford St. Martin's Fellow, 2024
    The Writing Innovation Symposium.
     

  • John R. Stowe Cultural Immersion Grant, 2023
    The Georgia TESOL Association

     

Selected Publications:
  • Anand, S (2025, March 11). Discontented with Just Western Consent: A Global Anglophone Perspective on Writing Center Professionalization via Global Rhetorical Traditions. Another Word. Link
  • Anand, S. (2025, January). Some Graphies of Joining the Writing Center Community as a Multilingual. In K. Acosta, M. Cowan, R. Rickly, S. Sinor, N. Small & E. M. Stone (Ed.), Positionality Story Blog Series. Link
  • Fischer, S., & Anand, S. (2024). (forthcoming). Digital Literacy, Multimodality, & The Writing Center. Blog Carnival 22. Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Link
  • Anand, S. (2024). A South Asian English Composition Teacher's Identity Depiction: An Essay on Arts-Based Teaching Artifact. FORUM: Issues about Part-Time and Contingent Faculty. Link
  • Anand, S. (2024). Decolonizing Tutor and Writing Center Administrative Labor: An Autoethnography of a South Asian Writing Center’s Personnel [Special issue]. Writing Center Journal. 42 (1). Link
  • Anand, S. (2024). Defining and Learning About Multilingual Linguistic and Professional Labor in the Writing Center Context: An Autoethnographic Tutor Perspective. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. Link
  • Anand, S. & Siriwardana. L (2024). Not “Native” Enough: A Duoethnography of International Doctoral Students from South Asia. In L. J. Pentón Herrera, E. Trihn & B. Yazan (Eds.), Autoethnographies of Doctoral Students in Applied Linguistics. Sense/Brill. Link
  • Anand, S. (2023). Seventy-five years. South Florida Poetry Journal. Link
  • Anand, S. (2022). When Poetry Became My Synergistic Approach for Pedagogy and Andragogy. In G. Martínez-Alba, L. J. Pentón Herrera, & E. Trihn (Eds.), Teacher Self-Care and Well-Being in English Language Teaching. Routledge. Link
  • Anand, S. (2022). It was not just a stomachache!. In K. Bista and G.F. Malveaux (Eds), Cross-Cultural Narratives Real Stories and Lived Experiences of Global Scholars. STAR Scholars. 79-82. Link
  • Anand, S. (2021). Teaching Material: How to Cultivate Compare and Contrast Essay Writing using a Narrative Reading. MinneTESOL Journal. 37 (1). Link
  • Anand, S. (2020). Between Languages: From a Multilingual Society to Multilingual Classrooms. Association of Department of English Bulletin, Modern Language Association, 158 (1), 77-82. Link
  • Anand, S. (2019, December), Supporting Multilingual Learners for Transformative Language Learning: A Transnational Pedagogical Reflection. TESOL Intercultural Communication Interest Section Newsletter. Link
  • Anand, S. (2019, August), The Moral Responsibility of Every English Teacher to Expose Their Students to the Different Versions of the English Language. TESOL Intercultural Communication Interest Section Newsletter. Link

Contact Information

saurabh.anand@uga.edu
Office: Cubicle 14, 66, Park Hall

Other Information

Curriculum Vitae: CV-Saurabh Anand_0.docx (141.01 KB)
Other Affiliations: Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies
Professional Website: http://anandsaurabh.com

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