Welcome! My name is Gemma Cooper-Novack, and my life and work revolve around writing.
Photo by Briget Ganske
As an education researcher, currently a doctoral student at Syracuse University, I focus on the intersections of writing pedagogies and social justice, the development of writer identity in community, and the significance of arts education and creative writing in literacy education in and out of school.
As a practicing writer—a poet, a playwright, a fiction writer, and an academic writer-researcher—I derive joy and purpose from my connection with a range of academic, literary, and artistic communities.
As a writing educator and writing coach, I am invested in supporting writers who struggle with structure and practice and teaching in both community education and school settings.
I would love to talk to you! Please feel free to look around the site and contact me below!
Testimonials
“Gemma you can be Cat Womon.”
Kenyon
student, age 9
“I learned a lot from this program. It made me a stronger person and a writer. I will miss this program.”
Starr
student, age 16
You were my favorite enrichment teacher that I ever had.
Marco
student, age 10
"[W]ith Gemma's coaching, I will be on my way to digging into writing — a place I had been struggling to get to for over a year. Thank you, Gemma!"
Rory
playwright
Gemma Cooper-Novack … contributes a fine poem on the malleability of experience in the mind, “Yesterday and Australia.”
John Palen
Get in Touch
Contact me to collaborate on writing, editing, education, and theater!