Lynn Quitman Troyka

Lynn Quitman Troyka, Ph.D., was a prominent educator and author who taught for many years at Queensborough Community College, City University of New York (CUNY). She authored influential writing handbooks such as *Simon and Schuster Handbook for Writers* and *Quick Access for Writers*, impacting hundreds of thousands of students. A leader in composition studies, she was the first two-year college professor elected Chair of CCCC (1981), founded TYCA and served as its first Chair (1997), and received top honors including the 2001 CCCC Exemplar Award and 1995 TYCA Nell Ann Pickett Award; she passed away on September 11, 2024.