URI English undergrad alum Dr. Laura Tetreault wins the MLA Mina Shaughnessy prize together with the co-editor of her book, Crossing Divides: Exploring Translingual Writing Pedagogies and Programs (Utah State Univ. Press, 2017). Since graduating from URI, Tetreault has earned her doctorate from University of Louisville and accepted a tenure track position in Writing & Rhetoric at SUNY Albany.