My Discovery of Interconnectedness
As a child, my mother would always tell me stories of my ancestors and distant relatives, but I tended to brush it off like it was not a big deal. At such a young age, my goal was not to learn or absorb information about my past; it was to live in the present. As…
My Home is Mine to Choose
I never really did belong anywhere. Of course, the minute I say that I’ll be ambushed with the appalled exclamations of “How could you say that? That’s not true!” from anyone close enough to be within earshot, but it is true. Floating around, drifting in and out of people’s lives, moving from one place to…
Breakthrough Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture
A recent article published by the Washington Post articulates that new gene-editing practices in farm animals may be one of the largest research breakthroughs, though society may not be prepared for such a change (Johnson, 2018). Biotechnology, the genetic manipulation of living organisms, has made progress in the animal agricultural industry, but so has the…
A-po(pulation)-ca-lypse- The Danger of Overpopulation on the Environment Within America
Many reasons for the “apocalyptic” demise of the Mayan civilization have been hypothesized including the occurrence of a severe drought, thought to be exacerbated by rapid deforestation. Extensive logging was conducted to clear the land for growing more food and for producing construction materials needed to accommodate the growing population’s cityscape, further magnifying the environmental…
Celebrating all Writers at Mizzou
The ESL/Multilingual Writers website celebrates all writing at Mizzou and provides resources to support teachers and students in the writing process. If you'd like to submit a short piece see more info here.
2018-2019 Writing Intensive Teaching Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2018-2019 Writing Intensive Teaching Excellence Award Winners! Win Horner Award for Innovative Writing Intensive Teaching Deanna Sharpe, Personal Financial Planning Writing Intensive Excellence Award Hye Jeong Choi, Health Sciences David Criger, Peace Studies Ben Herman, Science Education Jamille Palacios, Applied Social Sciences Teaching Assistant WI Excellence Award Betsy Smith and…
Developing Inclusive Approaches to Russian Civilization Courses
These challenging experiences seem to me now to highlight problematic dynamics in the culture on campus and beyond, but also to underscore my own need for support and further education in inclusive teaching.
Campus Writing Program Annual Report 2017-2018
The Campus Writing Program is celebrating another great year of you, our WI faculty, who taught 380 WI courses in 2017-2018. Check out the year by the numbers (below) and read the full annual report here: As one WI faculty member said in the spring 2018 evaluation, “Teaching with writing is a more personal, coaching…
MU Writing Intensive Instructor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Congratulations to Dr. Smith from the Campus Writing Program. For more information: https://missouri.edu/news/nobel-prize-smith.php
Navigating One’s Writing History: Remarks on Teaching and Writing
Because I am Chair of the English department, you might imagine that I was a person who was born with a book in her hand, who loved writing papers in college, who always got A’s in her English classes – but none of those things are actually true.