by Ali Ahsan, Comparative Literature It is a new academic year. And I have a new academic challenge: to teach an introductory course on “Literature and Medicine.” I have prepared a syllabus for the course, and this time it is experimental in terms of reading as well as writing requirements. There are multiple reasons behind…
by Fernán Cerrón-Palomino This semester I took on the challenge of assisting a professor in a course that was a part of the Writing Intensive Program. As a Spanish instructor, I had taught up to 3000 level classes but this one was a 4000 level course, so I didn’t know what to expect. To be…
by Sam Bennett Above all, what does a student need from their writing teacher? What should be the centerpiece of writing pedagogy? The answer might seem obvious: to become a good writer, the student needs to appreciate the difference between good and bad writing. This way, they will have a clear goal at which to…