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 Natalie Mera Ford, Interim Director of the Writing Associates Program
  • Alba Newmann Holmes, Director of the Writing Associates Program, is on sabbatical for academic year 2022-2023
• 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, Director, Writing Associates Program (on sabbatical for academic year 2022-2023)
  • Natalie Mera Ford, Interim Director, Writing Associates Program (2022-2023); Multilingual Writing Specialist
  • Shailen Mishra, Interim Multilingual Writing Specialist (2022-2023)
  • Nici Bragg, Writing Process Strategies office hours

I want to develop strategies for working with multilingual students.

• Contact Shailen Mishra, Interim Multilingual Writing Specialist (2022-2023),  or Natalie Mera Ford, Interim Director of the Writing Associates Program (2022-2023) for a one-to-one meeting
• Check out our teaching resources in the ELL/Diversity section of the Writing Center Library (Trotter 120)
• Consider adding a linguistic diversity statement to your syllabi. For an example, see number 7 in this short article from Inside Higher Ed: 10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms

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

• Request a Speaking Associate (SPA) from the Interim Director of the Writing Associates Program, Natalie Mera Ford
• 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 Natalie Mera Ford, Interim Director of the Writing Associates Program, for a one-on-one meeting
• Check out our teaching resources in the Writing Center Library (Trotter 120)
• Consider adding a linguistic diversity statement to your syllabi. For an example, see number seven in this short article from Inside Higher Ed: 10 Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in Our Classrooms

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 Alba Newmann Holmes know if you are interested in becoming part of a faculty writing group