Jamie Henthorn, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of English
• Director of the Writing Center
• B.A., Emory & Henry College
• M.A., American University
• Ph.D., Old Dominion University 

Dr. Jamie Henthorn joined Catawba College as an assistant professor of English and Writing Center Director starting in August of 2017. She teaches courses in writing for the web, composition, and professional writing. Her research focuses on how we make arguments through our everyday use of technology, particularly when playing video games. Her dissertation focused on the ways that space recursively works through online communities and how the humanities especially can aid research into the appeal of active online communities.   She regularly conferences at Computers & Writing, the Southwest Pop/American Culture Association (SWPACA), and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).