Administrative and Support Staff

Danielle Pieratti - Director

 Ruben Paredes & Johanna Geremia - 2026—2027 Graduate Assistants

Erika Echegoyen & Ariel Bernabe - Fall 2026 Interns

General Email Contact - cwp@uconn.edu

Program Leaders

Jane Cook, Grants & Outreach, Summer Institute

Kelly Andrews-Babcock, Summer Institute

Susan Laurencot, Writing Programs Leader

Erika Hanusch, Youth Programs

Leadership Council

Jane Cook - Educational Consultant

Kelly Andrews-Babcock, Killingly Intermediate School, Reading Intervention 

Susan Laurencot, High School English Teacher (retired)

Erika Hanusch, West Hartford Public Schools Curriculum Specialist

Jay Sorensen, English Teacher, Lyman Hall High School, Wallingford

Sara Green, Middle School English Teacher, Davis Academy for Arts and Design Innovation, New Haven

Miranda Argyros, English Graduate Student, UConn

Ruben Paredes, English Graduate Student, UConn

Emmanuel Faspie, English Graduate Student, UConn

Alice Condry-Power, English Graduate Student, UConn

The Connecticut Writing Project Leadership Council consists of CWP Program Leaders and interested CWP Teacher-Consultants who meet with the Director approximately once a month during the academic year. The Leadership Council serves in an advisory capacity and assists with long-term planning. All CWP Teacher-Consultants are welcome to join. For specific meeting dates, contact CWP Director Danielle Pieratti.

Ex Officio

Clare Costley King'oo
Head, Department of English

Neag School of Education Liaison

Douglas Kaufman,
Associate Professor of Education