Tutoring Writing in the Disciplines

The writing tutors assume important mentoring roles and develop projects that assess the program and communicate their learning about writing in their disciplines. Two examples of these projects from the initial group of writing tutors include the above posters that were initially displayed at Boston University’s Learning Assistance Poster Event on Friday, April 26, 2019, in SCI B23. This event highlights the work of the BU Learning Assistants and promotes and celebrates their projects. It was organized by the Director of the LA Program, Prof. Kathryn Spilios, Senior Lecturer in Biology, who kindly invited students from the WR 597 course to share their posters, as well. Both the LAs and the TWID writing tutors are peers, who receive training in order to provide important disciplinary assistance to fellow students.

The TWID students, in particular, demonstrated through their posters the learning they experienced as discipline-based writing tutors, the kinds of assistance that they provided to fellow students in their majors, as well as recommendations for enhancing the TWID program.

The TWID program has been a critical means of supporting the broader mission of Writing in the Disciplines, which aims to enhance writing and writing support throughout BU students’ undergraduate experience. For further information about the TWID program or Writing in the Disciplines, please contact David Shawn, Associate Director for Writing in the Disciplines at dshawn@bu.edu or wid@bu.edu.

Project Team

David Shawn

Project Team dshawn@bu.edu

-- Please select a member -- David Shawn, Project Team Deborah Carr, Project Team Joseph Harris, Project Team Becca Reynolds, Project Team Mario Muscedere, Project Team Natalie Russo, Project Team Diane Joseph-McCarthy, Project Team Darren Roblyer, Project Team Deborah KAHN, Project Team Susan Rice, Project Team Japonica Brown-Saracino, Project Team Max A. Greenberg, Project Team

• David Shawn Project Team
• Deborah Carr Project Team
• Joseph Harris Project Team
• Becca Reynolds Project Team
• Mario Muscedere Project Team
• Natalie Russo Project Team
• Diane Joseph-McCarthy Project Team
• Darren Roblyer Project Team
• Deborah KAHN Project Team
• Susan Rice Project Team
• Japonica Brown-Saracino Project Team
• Max A. Greenberg Project Team

David Shawn is the Associate Director of Writing in the Disciplines and a Master Lecturer in the CAS Writing Program. Formerly, David held the position of CAS Writing Center Coordinator, managing a diverse staff of undergraduate peer writing consultants, graduate students, and ESL specialists. David…Read More

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David Shawn

Project Team dshawn@bu.edu

David Shawn is the Associate Director of Writing in the Disciplines and a Master Lecturer in the CAS Writing Program. Formerly, David held the position of CAS Writing Center Coordinator, managing a diverse staff of undergraduate peer writing consultants, graduate students, and ESL specialists. David has a PhD in American Studies from Boston University and teaches writing courses on rhetoric, oratory, the American presidency, politics, and the tutoring of discipline-specific writing.