This term, the WIC team hosted 2 rounds of our Faculty Seminar, a 5-week course for WIC faculty across OSU’s campuses to develop practical skills for teaching writing in their disciplines.
Between our in-person session (led by WIC Assistant Director Dennis Bennett) and our Zoom session (led by WIC Director Sarah Perrault), our cohorts gained valuable insights into the main goals of writing intensive courses across the disciplines, how to evaluate student writing in ways that benefit both students and instructors, how to develop summative writing assignments for WIC courses, and more.
The WIC team congratulates our Spring 2024 Seminar cohorts on their successful completion of the course!
(Photo of this term’s online Seminar cohort, names listed below)
TOP ROW: Sarah Perrault (WIC Director), Casey Dawson (WIC Graduate Assistant), Trevor Howard, María Paula Vela Zambrano
SECOND ROW: Izabela Gutowska, Kirsi Peltomäki, Elain Fu, Judy Liu
THIRD ROW: Ana-Maria M. Enesti, Frank Chaplen
This term’s WIC team moderators and assistants for our online cohort included WIC Director Sarah Perrault and Graduate Assistant Casey Dawson. Our in-person cohort was led by WIC Assistant Director Dennis Bennett and assisted by WIC Graduate Intern Georgia Wright.
Across these 5-weeks of Seminar, participants engaged each other in conversations on topics on teaching writing across the disciplines today, including generative AI, effective and empathetic feedback, and more. They also shared their personal strategies for teaching, assigning, and assessing writing in their respective disciplines.
Congrats again to this term’s WIC Faculty Seminar graduates:
Zoom cohort:
- Pieter-Ewald Share (Geophysics)
- Jennifer Mower (Fashion History)
- Trevor Howard (Nuclear Engineering)
- María Paula Vela Zambrano
- Iza Gutowska (Nuclear Engineering)
- Kirsi Peltomäki (Art History)
- Elain Fu (Bioengineering)
- Judy Liu (Structural Engineering)
- Ana-Maria M. Enesti (French)
- Frank Chaplen (Ecological Engineering)
In-person cohort:
- Ashley Wilson (Business)
- Carla Mandell (Business)
- Elizabeth French (Business)
- Jackie Goldman (Psychology)
- Jeff Loucks (Psychology)
- Jen Beamer (Kinesiology)
- Jonathan Andicoechea (Integrative Biology)
- Patrick Geoghehan (Engineering)
- Tara Massad (Ecology)
- Yanni Ma (Communication)
ABOUT WIC FACULTY SEMINAR
Faculty are nominated to attend Seminar by their unit heads and receive a $500 honorarium for their participation.
Click this link to learn more about WIC Faculty Seminar.
