Gwyn currently teaches reading, composition, critical thinking, and literature as a Professor in the English Department at San Diego

City College. She has had twenty years of learning center experience at both the two and four year college and university level. She designed and implemented learning assistance centers at CSU-Northridge and San Diego City College. She also directed a cooperative developmental writing program coordinated between San Diego State University and San Diego City College.   

     Gwyn is past president of the College Reading and Learning Association. She has served as editor of the Journal of College Reading and Learning, on the editorial board of the Journal of Reading, and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Development Education.