First-Year Writing is proud of all its previous Assistant Directors and the program's unique capabilities to prepare graduate students for successful post-graduate careers.
| Years Served as Assistant Director | Current Placement (as of February 2025) | |
| Kathryn Warrender-Hill | 2020-2022 | Assistant Professor, Director of the Writing Center at Norwich University |
| Amy Fehr | 2022 | Servicing Representative at United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 9A |
| Alex Gatten | 2018-2020 | Assistant Professor of Writing at The Juilliard School |
| Gabriel Morrison | 2018-2019 | Associate Director for the Center for Writing at College of the Holy Cross |
| Erick Piller | 2016-2018 | Assistant Professor of English and Writing Program Co-Director at Nicholls State University |
| Ruth Book | 2015-2018 | Lecturer and Writing Center Coordinator at Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Sarah Moon | 2014-2016 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing at Roger Williams University |
| Emily Carminati | 2014-2015 | Communications Specialist at Africa New Life Ministries |
| Laila M. Khan | 2013 | Head of Development at Understood.org |
| Laura Wright | 2012-2014 | Associate Professor at the University of Western Minnesota |
| Steve Mollman | 2011-2013 | Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Tampa |
| Mandy Suhr-Sytsma | 2010-2011 | Associate Teaching Professor, Dept of English and the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies at Emory University |
| Christina Henderson Harner | 2010-2012 | Independent Scholar/Freelancer. Formerly Assistant Professor at Augusta University |
| Patricia Taylor | 2008-2009 | Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing at University of Southern California |
| Mary Isbell | 2007-2009 | Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Recruitment and Retention at University of New Haven |
| Matt Mroz | 2006-2008 | Manager of Research Development Services at the University of Connecticut's Provost Office |
| Becky Caouette | 2003-2008 | Professor, Director of Writing at Rhode Island College |
| Frank Napolitano | 2002-2008 | Associate Professor of English at Radford University |
| Stephanie Roach | 1997-2003 | Associate Professor of English at the University of Michigan-Flint (2003-2021), UMF Research Cluster on Persistence and Mattering in Undergraduate Education (2021-2025) |