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
English 101
English 201
NCTE
CCCC
MAWCA
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
2026
DelliCarpini et al. "Their Conference and Their Conversations: Building an Undergraduate Community Through the Naylor Workshop and an Undergraduate Research Journal
2025
Gandhi, Nidhi. “From Undergraduate Peer Tutor to Faculty Tutor: Perceived Power Dynamics in Tutoring Sessions.” Bronx Community College Tutors Alliance Conference, 2, May 2025. Bronx, NY.
Gandhi, et al. “Remixing First-Year Writing and Contesting Standardized English: Music As Inspiration in the Classroom.” CCCC, 9-12, April 2025, Baltimore, MD.
Watson, 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.
Teacher-Writer Award, The City College of New York, Sept 2024
Scholarly Excellence, Hofstra University, May 2021
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, the Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association (MAWCA) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, the Bronx Community College Tutors Alliance Conference, and Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Furthermore, Nidhi has serves as a faculty mentor at the Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research.
Her research interests include: translingualism, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), transfer theory, multimodal composing in student-centered curriculum design, as well as writing program administration and writing center pedagogy.
In the near future, she will be pursuing a PhD in composition/rhetoric.