Moore, Strickland, and Felten publish article

Jessie Moore, assistant professor of English, Michael Strickland, Lecturer in English, and Peter Felten, director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, published an article in the December 2009 edition of the peer-reviewed Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning. The article, “Faculty Writing Residencies: Supporting Scholarly Writing and Teaching” (pages 23-39), evaluates the process and outcomes of the annual faculty writing residency co-sponsored by CATL and Writing Across the Curriculum. The article concludes that by balancing dedicated time for faculty writing with small group feedback on drafts, the retreat helps faculty make the crucial, and often difficult, step of going public with their Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research. In addition, the residency process encourages faculty participants to examine their own writing processes, prompting changes in how they support their students’ writing in the disciplines.