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Student Success Excellence and Expertise Research and Innovation

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.

Student Success Excellence and Expertise Research and Innovation

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 past team projects 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 the HWAC website.


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 students 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 students to a variety of written genres, and help students develop and adopt best writing practices. 


Comparative Religion

Faculty Team: James Hanges and Nathan French

Analyzed REL 201 to determine why students 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 students are being assigned.


Geology

Faculty Team: Yildirim Dilek

Revised Geology capstone course to be a project-based course.