Dr. Ana Wetzl, a part time instructor in the Department of English at Kent State University at Trumbull, has been awarded the prestigious Conference on College Composition and Communication Award for her recently completed Ph.D. dissertation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wetzl's dissertation is entitled L2 Writing in the L1 Composition Course: A Model for Promoting Linguistic Tolerance.

According to the CCCC website, "The CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee honors a graduate whose dissertation improves the educational process in composition studies, or adds to the field's body of knowledge, through research or scholarly inquiry."

Dr. Wetzl joined the Kent State Trumbull faculty in 2006.