Center for Instructional Innovation - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center
2007-08 Featured Instructors
Robert Mitchell, Associate Professor in the Department of Geology at Western Washington University, infuses disciplinary writing into his science courses and helps bring his students a better awareness of the importance of appropriate writing both within the field and in their future professions.
Julia Sapin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, focuses on writing in all of her courses, providing writing opportunities that use different strategies and levels of intensity. She then uses her writing assignments as a way to enhance classroom discussions that explore the rich artistic traditions of Japan and the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
Kathleen Saunders, Lecturer in the Western Washington University Department of Anthropology, utilizes extensive writing in her large introductory courses, hoping to better prepare students for the rigor of upper division writing. She believes such experiences help students enhance their academic knowledge and discovery.
Creating a Culture of Writing
The 2007-08 Innovative Teaching Showcase theme, "Creating a Culture of Writing," honors three faculty members who embed the writing process into their coursework and engage students with quality writing assignments. Take this opportunity to meet this year’s featured instructors and to become inspired.
To learn more about this year's Showcase theme, Creating a Culture of Writing, read the following excerpt from Carmen Werder's Introduction on Writing:
"I am honored to introduce the three writing faculty being featured in this year's CII Showcase on Creating a Culture of Writing: Bob Mitchell, Julia Sapin, and Kathleen Saunders. I have worked with these three admirable professors over the course of a number of years. Julia and Kathleen have participated in our Teaching-Learning Academy dialogue; Bob and Julia have been Writing Faculty Fellows formally studying their own writing instruction practices, and Kathleen has been a regular participant in our writing instruction workshop-retreats and a member of the Writing Assessment Group. While their work is familiar to me individually, I am curious: What distinguishing characteristics might they share across the boundaries of their individual disciplinary fields?"
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