The Annotated Bibliography: A Step in the Writing Process

by Andrew Craig, History During the second week of HIST 3095: History of Southern Food—the course I’m serving as a WIP TA for this semester—I asked students to complete a written survey rating their comfort level with different aspects of writing a history research paper. On a scale of 1 through 5, students ranked their…

How to Grow a Teacher: Coaching Strategies for High-Stakes Writing in the Humanities

by Samantha Cauthorn After completing my first semester as a WIP teaching assistant and my third semester as a TA involved in coaching high-stakes writing assignments, I thought it would be useful to reflect upon my own experience in this discursive space. When thinking about what to blog about I was initially drawn towards picking…