About the TWP
Duke has a cutting-edge and award-winning writing program. Faculty can find information about the TWP structure and how we support writing at Duke below.
Duke University Faculty Writing Workshop May 2012
Want to jump start your writing this summer? Looking for ways to be a more productive and motivated scholarly writer? Interested in meeting and talking with other faculty writers? The Thompson Writing Program is offering a three-day faculty writing workshop to help you cultivate a sane, productive writing life. Each day includes both time for you to write, as well as hands-on workshops. Writing sessions offer opportunities to write in a comfortable, relaxed space. In workshops, you will learn powerful practices that can help you to incorporate your role as a writer among your many commitments. Appropriate for faculty in any discipline. Space is limited to 12 participants, and applications are due by April 24th. Click here for additional information and an application. Questions? Contact Jennifer Ahern-Dodson,
Writing 101 (20): Academic Writing
Writing 101 (20) is the only course required of all Duke undergraduates. Taught by the most multidisciplinary faculty of any writing program in the U.S., Writing 101 (20) is not the "Freshman English" course you remember from college.
What Duke faculty need to know about Writing 101 (20)
Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing (including teaching materials from previous winners)
The Writing Studio
The Writing Studio promotes excellence in writing by providing tutoring services for the Duke community. The Studio has a trained staffed that includes professionals with advanced degrees and graduate students—all from a variety of disciplines. Our tutors participate in ongoing training and share a strong interest in supporting students in their writing. The Studio works with all levels of writers from a wide range of disciplines. Undergraduate students and international graduate students may schedule appointments at the Writing Studio up to three weeks in advance. Other graduate students, faculty, and staff are welcome to utilize the Writing Studio on a “day of” basis as space permits.
Multi-Disciplinary Faculty Writing Groups
Writing is a significant part of our professional lives as faculty. We're working on articles, grant proposals, teaching statements, blogs, or op-eds. Too often, however, we don’t have opportunities to talk about the process, our struggles, or to get feedback from readers outside (or even within) our own departments. The Thompson Writing Program is sponsoring this new initiative aimed at advancing faculty writing by fostering multidisciplinary communities of writers to enhance writing productivity, collegiality, and the exchange of ideas across disciplines. Groups of 4-5 faculty from different disciplines meet regularly to share and get feedback on their own writing. The Thompson Writing Program helps organize groups and provides guidance on responding strategies and best practices for multi-disciplinary conversations about writing. A recent Duke News article highlights the features of this new initiative and the benefits for faculty: http://today.duke.edu/2012/02/writinggroup.
If you’d like to join or form a faculty writing group, please contact Jennifer Ahern-Dodson,
Teaching Research with Writing Faculty Fellows Program
The Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) and the Thompson Writing
Program (TWP) are jointly offering a year-long Faculty Fellowship program to provide support for faculty interested in developing and evaluating new
approaches to teaching research with writing to undergraduates in their
disciplines. Please direct questions about the Teaching Research with Writing to Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, Visit the following url for more information and/or to apply:
http://cit.duke.edu/services/fellowships/fellows-archive/2011-2012-teaching
-research-with-writing-fellows/
Writing in the Disciplines
The WID program provides support for Duke faculty across campus in their work with student writing:
- Individual consultation on any aspect of student writing, including assignment design, setting up and managing peer feedback or co-authoring groups, developing grading guidelines, and so on.
- Departmental workshops on various aspects of student writing tailored for your department.
- The Duke Reader Project: Students in courses enrolled in the Reader Project can be matched with a Duke alum or employee volunteer who has professional expertise relevant to the course. vounteers give students feedback on drafts of their writing.
