Each year the Writing Across the Curriculum Program sponsors one or more Faculty Writing Seminars--groups of 6-10 faculty from across the disciplines who meet for an hour once a week to respond to each other's academic and professional writing. A new seminar is planned for Fall 2009.

Each week one member distributes copies of a piece of work in progress and asks for feedback on certain aspects of the work. With early drafts, the conversation may be about content and organization; with later drafts we may give more attention to style.

Some groups meet only for one semester, while others choose to be on-going. In either case, the object is to create a supportive, collegial environment and provide incentives to get the work done!

All FWS participants receive a free copy of Libby Rankin's The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001).

If you are interested in participating in a Faculty Writing Seminar, contact OID (7-3325).