Nidhi
Gandhi
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Education

M.F.A. Creative Writing, The City College of New York, 2023

B.A. Writing Studies Composition, Hofstra University, 2021

B.A. English, Concentration in Creative Writing and Literature, Hofstra University, 2021

Courses Taught

English 101

Scholarly Work

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Gandhi, Nidhi.  “My First Time-Conducting a Study as a Novice Researcher,” Young Scholars in Writing, vol. 18 (Feb. 2021), editor Kim Fahle Peck. 

Gandhi, Nidhi. “Student Profile,” Hofstra Horizons for Undergraduate Research, (Aug. 2020).

Gandhi Nidhi. “Academic Voice, Oppression, & Identity,” FLOW, (May 2019).


ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS

2025

Gandhi, et al. Remixing First-Year Writing and Contesting Standardized English: Music As Inspiration in the Classroom.” CCCC, 9-12, April 2025, Baltimore, MD. 

Gandhi, et al. “Effective and Ethical Approaches to Sentence-Level Feedback on Student Writing.” CCCC, 9-12 April 2025, Baltimore, MD. 

 

2024

Gandhi, et al. “Writing Centers as Shapeshifters: Temporalities, Healing, and Community.” Bronx Community College Tutors’ Alliance Conference. 10, May 2024, Bronx, NY. 

 

2020

Gandhi, Nidhi. “Accessing (Double) Standards of Academic English: Preconceived Notions of Standard Academic English Among Faculty and Students.” Hofstra University Student Research and Creativity Forum, Dec. 2020, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 

Gandhi, Nidhi and Uddin, Sumayyah. “‘SQUAWK!’ Freeing the Parrot and Humanizing the Writing Center and the Academy: Accessing the (Double) Standards of Academic English and Free-Recall in the Writing Center.” Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association (MAWCA), 7, March 2020, Towson, MD. 

 

2019

Gandhi, Nidhi. “Accessing the (Double) Standards of Academic English: Preconceived Notions of Standard Academic English Among Faculty and Undergraduate Students.” Undergraduate Research Day, 10, Dec. 2019, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 

Gandhi, Nidhi. “What are the Preconceived Notions of SAE? How Do Students and Faculty Define SAE?” Naylor Workshop, 27-29, Sept 2019, York, PA. 

Gandhi, Nidhi and Gray, Cecilia. “Developing a More Accessible Writing Center for Students of All Dis/Abilities.” Undergraduate Research Day, 9, May 2019, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 


 

 

Honors and Awards

Teacher-Writer Award, The City College of New York, Sept 2024

Scholarly Excellence, Hofstra University, May 2021


 

Research Summary

Nidhi Gandhi (she/her/hers) is a writer, rhetorician, and writing center administrator from Queens, NY. She was one of the first three people to earn her BA in Writing Studies Composition from Hofstra University. In addition, she holds a dual degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and Literature and an MFA in creative writing from The City College of New York.

Nidhi is also a successful researcher and has published the article, “Academic Voice, Oppression & Identity in FLOW, a methodological reflection entitled, “My First Time-Conducting a Study as a Novice Researcher,” in Young Scholars in Writing, and has been profiled in Hofstra Horizons and Young Scholars in Writing. She has presented her research at Hofstra University’s Undergraduate Research Day Spring 2019, Fall 2019, and Fall 2020, the Naylor Workshop in York, Pennsylvania, and the Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association (MAWCA) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Furthermore, Nidhi has served as a mentor at the Naylor Workshop for undergraduate research, and is a writing center tutor.

Her research interests include: translingualism, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), digital and cultural rhetoric, technical/professional writing, writing center pedagogy, and writing program administration.

In the near future, she will be pursuing a PhD in composition/rhetoric.