Building a Graduate Writing Culture: Some Practical Strategies

Tuesday, Feb. 09, 2016, 1:30-2:40 p.m.
IIC-2012, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

You are invited to participate in a cross-disciplinary, cross-faculty conversation with graduate committee members, graduate supervisors, graduate officers and academic unit heads.

Panelists:

Dr. Lisa Rankin, Faculty of Arts
Dr. Aimée Surprenant, Faculty of Science
Dr. Cecile Badenhorst, Faculty of Education
Dr. Cecilia Moloney, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dr. Diana Gustafson, Faculty of Medicine

This cross-discipline and cross-faculty discussion will address practical strategies and ideas for building a robust writing culture among graduate students in research intensive (thesis and report writing) programs. It is intended to engage a wide audience of participants including graduate committee members, supervisors, graduate officers and department heads.

Based on scholarship that demonstrates a graduate student writing culture that is closely tied to academic programs builds graduate student confidence, fosters better understandings of disciplines and disciplinary expectations, and enhances sound communication skills, this discussion moves away from an interventionist models centred on deficit or ‘triage’ approaches. Adopting a ‘writing process approach,’ it encourages models of graduate student writing that provide opportunities to build a long-term engagement with writing.

Panelists and participants will share and discuss their experiences with graduate student writing and discuss practical strategies to foster a writing culture that enhances graduate student confidence and meets expected programmatic and disciplinary expectations.

Please RSVP to Annette Williams: awilliam@mun.ca


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