Faculty Resources

I want my students to engage in meaningful peer review before turning writing in to me.

• Request a Course WA (Writing Associate fellow) from Jill Gladstein, Director, Writing Associates Program
• Request an in-class peer review workshop, facilitated by a Writing Associate fellow
• Attend a faculty workshop on facilitating peer review in your classes

I have a student who is struggling with writing.

• Encourage your student to make an appointment in the Writing Center (Trotter 120)
• Let your student know about the Writing Associate Mentor (WAM) Program
• Reach out to the Academic Deans, who may refer your student for individual support to:
  • Alba Newmann Holmes, Assistant Director, Writing Associates Program
  • Natalie Mera Ford, Multilingual Writing Specialist

I want to develop strategies for working with multilingual students.

• Contact Natalie Mera Ford, Multilingual Writing Specialist, for a one-to-one meeting
• Check out our teaching resources in the ELL/Diversity section of the Writing Center Library (Trotter 120)

I want my students to give presentations or learn how to lead discussion.

• Request a Speaking Associate (SPA) from the Director of the Writing Associates Program, Jill Gladstein
• Encourage your students to make a SPA appointment in the Writing Center
• Request an in-class workshop facilitated by a SPA

I have a student who would like to gain experience with writing in a variety of disciplines.

• Encourage your first-year students to take:
  • Transitions to College Writing (ENGL 001F) 
  • First-Year Seminar: Persuasion (ENGL 001J) 
• Encourage your more advanced students to take:
  • Visual Rhetoric and Multimodal Writing: Making Arguments with Image, Text and Sound (ENGL 002V) 
  • Words Matter: Crafting and Critiquing Rhetorically Effective Styles (ENGL 002W)
• Nominate students to become Writing Associate fellows. Those selected will take Writing Pedagogy (ENGL 001C)

With regards to my teaching . . .

• Participate in faculty development workshops offered by the WA Program
• Contact Jill Gladstein, Director, Writing Associates Program, for a one-on-one meeting
• Check out our teaching resources in the Writing Center Library (Trotter 120)

With regards to my own writing . . .

• Participate in the Faculty Study Hall, sponsored by the Provost's office
• Join the WA Program for a Community Write-In
• Let Jill Gladstein know if you are interested in becoming part of a faculty writing group