Dr. Elena Makarion

Assistant Professor, Writing

Contact

  • Office: C5E Tribble Hall
  • Phone: (336) 758-2691
  • Email: makarie@wfu.edu

Degrees

  • MFA, Creative Writing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • MA, Literature and Creative Writing, Harvard University
  • PhD (ABD), Rhetoric and Composition, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Areas of Interest

  • Narrative Medicine
  • Rhetoric of Health and Medicine
  • Creative Writing: Fiction
  • 19th and 20th Century American and British Literature
  • Agency and Authorship
  • Women’s and Gender Studies

Selected Publications

“Writing to Make Meaning.” Navigating Rhetoric: A Guidebook for College Writing. MacMillan Publishers, 2021.