Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Denver, 2014

In 2014, former Executive Director Doug Hesse compiled insights and reflections of faculty across campus about their experiences teaching writing in the First Year Seminar (FSEM) and Advanced Seminar (ASEM).

Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Denver, 2014

Writing Across the Curriculum, Section 1 — What Kind of Writing?

Issues in Undergraduate Writing at DU: First Year Seminars, Advanced Seminars, and Points Between/Beyond

Doug Hesse, Former Executive Director, Writing Program

Writing to Learn, Learning to Write: Are Students in FSEM 1111: “Colorado’s Rivers” Doing Either Effectively?

Hillary Hamann, Geography & the Environment

Structuring Objectives in ASEM

Kateri McRae, Psychology

Writing to Learn versus Learning to Write: The Impact of Informal and Formal Writing Assignments in ASEM

Hava Rachel Gordon, Sociology and Criminology; Gender and Women’s Studies

What Kind of Writing Across the Curriculum? History, Trajectory, and a Nudge for Civic Discourse

Doug Hesse, Former Executive Director, Writing Program

Writing Across the Curriculum, Section 2 — Issues in FSEM Writing

Genre-Hopping: Teaching Writing Reflexivity in First Year Seminars

Pavithrah Prasad, Communication Studies

Assigning Multiple Genres of Writing in an FSEM Course

Blake Sanz, Writing Program

Integrating Writing with Content in a Science-Themed FSEM

Jennifer Hoffman, Physics & Astronomy

Writing as a Tool for Shifting Focus: From Content- to Process-based Teaching in FSEM

Sarah Morelli, Music

Writing Across the Curriculum, Section 3 — Issues in ASEM Writing

Rethinking Feminist Pedagogy and the Question of Audience in ASEMs

Lindsey Feitz, Gender and Women’s Studies

Liberal Arts and Essays in Advanced Seminars

Sandra Lee Dixon, Religious Studies

On Teaching “Muslims and Identity in Europe”

Ermitte Saint Jaques, Anthropology

“How Far is too Far?” Music, Consciousness, and Mind-Altering Substances in ASEM

Kristin Taavola, Music

Writing Across the Curriculum, Section 4 — Issues and Strategies

Multimodal Writing in an FSEM Context

John Tiedemann, Writing Program

Multimodality in the FSEM Classroom: Digital Storytelling and ELL Students

Lydia Gil Keff, Languages and Literatures

Reflections on my use of Writing in ASEM & FSEM Classes

Jing Sun, Political Science

Embracing the Ugly

Kara Taczak, Writing Program

Fundamental Problems in Structure

Tyrone Davies, Media, Film and Journalism Studies