The Miami Global Plan (MGP) Writing Committee receives Advanced Writing applications and makes recommendations for approval or revision. The Committee meets approximately once per month.

The MGP Writing Committee also provides support and feedback for departments that would like to submit a course for approval. You are welcome to schedule an appointment by contacting Dr. Elizabeth Wardle (wardleea@MiamiOH.edu), the committee chair and Director of the Howe Center for Writing Excellence.

The committee also reviews applications for the Roger & Joyce Howe Award for Excellence in Disciplinary Writing Instruction and serves as the Local Advisory Board for the Howe Center for Writing Excellence. 

Spring 2022 Meetings

Friday, February 11, Noon—1:30PM

Friday, March 4, Noon—1:30PM

Friday, April 8, Noon—1:30PM

Friday, May 6, Noon—1:30PM

Committee Membership

The MGP Writing Committee is also the Local Advisory Committee for the Howe Center for Writing Excellence and includes the following members, in addition to HCWE staff:

• Andrew Offenburger, Assistant Professor, History
• Annie Dell'Aria, Assistant Professor, Art History
• Brad Reitz, Visiting Instructor, Farmer School of Business
• Elizabeth Hoover, Associate Teaching Professor, Music
• Hakam Alomari, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Janice Kinghorn, Associate Teaching Professor, Economics
• John Tassoni, Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Writing
• Joyce Fernandes, Professor, Biology
• Mark Dahlquist, Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian
• Naaborle Sackeyfio, Assistant Professor, Global and Intercultural Studies
• Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, Associate Professor, English