Joelle Troiano
Joelle Troiano
Writing Specialist
Joelle Troiano graduated with a BA from Williams College, where she double majored in English and biology with a concentration in neuroscience. She also holds an MA in English from Duke University and is now pursuing her PhD in English at Duke. Prior to beginning her PhD, Joelle taught secondary school English at a boarding school in Connecticut. There, she discovered a passion for helping students improve their writing. Joelle finds the fine detail of tinkering with sentence structures and the effort to help students find their unique personal voices to be the most exciting and rewarding aspects of her work with student writers. Outside of her teaching and research, Joelle enjoys hiking with her dog and her partner and taking ballet classes.