Congratulations to the Fall 2022 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program is thrilled to welcome 11 new Miami faculty members as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
Congratulations to the Fall 2022 Faculty Writing Fellows Cohort
The Howe Center for Writing Excellence and Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (HWAC) program is thrilled to welcome 11 new Miami faculty members as Faculty Writing Fellows Program alumni.
Five groups of faculty from the accountancy, comparative religion, anthropology, geology, and strategic communications departments took advantage of the opportunity to take a deeper dive into their disciplinary threshold concepts and the way writing is taught within their programs. Team projects ranged from adapting existing coursework and assignments, to restructuring course outlines, to infusing writing throughout program sequencing.
To learn more about what is possible through the Faculty Writing Fellows program, we encourage you to read more about each team’s project below. You can also read more about on HWAC’s website.
Faculty interested in reexamining the way in which they teach writing on both the course level and departmental level can apply to join the Spring 2023 Faculty Fellows Program. More information on the Faculty Writing Fellows program can be found on .
Accountancy
Faculty Team: Michele Frank, Anne Farrell, and Matt Wieland
Surveyed faculty in the department regarding their use of writing in courses, audiences for whom ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs write, and non-financial topics incorporated; defined threshold concepts and revised in light of advisory board and faculty feedback; began planning future work with the full department to intentionally and systematically incorporate writing across the accountancy curriculum.
Anthropology
Faculty Team: John Schaeffer and Kelsey Ellis
Revised ATH 155: Intro to Anthropology to maintain consistency in assignments, expose ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs to a variety of written genres, and help ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs develop and adopt best writing practices.
Comparative Religion
Faculty Team: James Hanges and Nathan French
Analyzed REL 201 to determine why ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs struggle and imagined a new course sequence to scaffold knowledge and writing assignments.
Strategic Communication
Faculty Team: Hongmei Li, Jon Rutter, and Adam Rottinghaus
Conducted an assessment of writing in the strategic communications major in order to learn where and what kinds of writing ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs are being assigned.
Geology
Faculty Team: Yildirim Dilek
Revised Geology capstone course to be a project-based course.