About us
Co-founders Brian Fitzpatrick and Jessica McCaughey met as graduate students and new instructors in George Mason University’s English Department in 2008. They bonded over their love of teaching writing and their shared interest in preparing students for the challenges of writing in the professional world.
In 2013, they developed, and still co-direct, the Archive of Workplace Writing Experiences, which contains interviews they’ve conducted with more than 50 professionals across industries about their writing, as well as links to their published research and resources for other teachers.
Through this research and their public writing experiences, Brian and Jessica began to be approached by client organizations in and around Washington, DC, for training, and Golden Line Writing Academy was born. Click here to learn about what makes our approach different.
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Jessica McCaughey, Ph.D, co-founder and co-owner of Golden Line Writing Academy is also an Associate Professor at George Washington University in Washington, DC, where she teaches academic and professional writing. She moved into this role after more than a decade of business writing and communication experience in corporate and non-profit organizations. At GW, Jessica developed and directed the GWU Workplace Writing Program for more than ten years. As a trainer, Jessica has worked with writers at all types of organizations, including Amnesty International, the Democracy Fund, the American Legion, the FDA, the Department of Homeland Security, and many others. Jessica’s research and writing have appeared in publications that include The Chronicle of Higher Education, Technical Communication Quarterly, Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, Programmatic Perspectives, and several edited academic collections.
Brian Fitzpatrick, co-founder and co-owner of Golden Line Writing Academy, is an Associate Professor at George Mason University in Virginia, where he teaches writing. His research is focused on workplace and professional writing as well as digital and hybrid pedagogies. He is the co-founder of the Archive of Workplace Writing Experiences, a digital archive project seeking to help teachers better prepare students for real-world writing. His work has appeared in WPA Journal, Effective Teaching of Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Application by WAC Clearinghouse, Academic Labor, and Performance Improvement Quarterly, among other publications.
Disclaimer: Golden Line Writing Academy and employees are independent consultants. All services provided are as representatives of Golden Line Writing Academy only and make no implication of Golden Line Writing Academy’s affiliation with any university. Additionally, their professional practice does not reflect university institutional endorsement of any action or position taken by the company or its employees.