from UGA Writing Intensive Program Teaching Assistants
This space features reflections from Writing Intensive Program TAs as they explore what it means to teach and learn through writing. Each post shares insights, challenges, and discoveries from the ongoing practice of learning about what it means to teach writing in the disciplines and supporting student writers in their programs of study.
By Carlyncia McDowell, African American Studies Dear Student Intellectuals: As your TA for Intro to African American Studies, I want to advocate for something that might feel unexpected alongside history […]
By Amanda, Parks Management I used to loathe reflection essays. As a Parks Management student, I spent more time outdoors than in a traditional classroom, yet I wrote papers nearly […]
By Zilin Li, Biology This fall I’m teaching BIOL 1107L (Principles of Biology I Lab), and I’ve been thinking a lot about how to help first-year students write in a […]
By Seth Nelson, Mathematics I have a confession to make. I started out suspicious of WIP. I am a math PhD student, and, if I am being honest, I felt […]
By Chris Grammar is the structure of a language… esp. the study of the structure of sentences and words [and] of the norms or conventions of usage and communication. The […]
By Allison Hidalgo, Geology It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when I started to feel like a scientist. Maybe it was during my first upper-level lab course in college, or the […]
By Thomas Jones, WIP 7001 Recently, I visited my hometown, a quaint refuge from the familiarities of general convenience and tangible progression. I drove by the same landmarks that were […]
By Olivier Pilette, WIP 7001 These days, coffee in hands, as I’m doing my PhD “comps,”I have deep and intensive encounters with various types of text and writing styles. Thinking […]