Dr. Kristin Messuri is the Managing Director of the Writing Centers of Texas Tech University; formerly, she directed Texas Tech's Graduate Writing Center and Health Sciences Center Writing Center. She is a co-founder and co-director of Texas Tech's Weekly Faculty Writing Program. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Messuri's research explores how the affective and relational dimensions of graduate and faculty writers' experiences affect their development.