Spotlight Archive
Spotlight Archive 04: Generative AI (July 2023)
The public release of ChatGPT-3 in November 2022 opened a new chapter in the long history of writing and technology. We now live and teach in a world where generative AI tools are widely available, and it’s up to us to learn how to orient our students to this new environment and to develop approaches […]
Spotlight Archive 03: Neuroscience Writing Plan (July 2022)
Neuroscience Writing Plan The Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (UPN), one of the most popular STEM fields at Boston University with over 400 students majoring in the discipline, collaborated during 2021-2022 with the Writing in the Disciplines program to create Boston University’s first Writing Plan. Made possible by a gift from CAS and University Advisory Board […]
Spotlight Archive 02: WR 153 (December 2021)
In Spring 2022, the CAS Writing Program will offer WR 153 for the first time. A new course carrying Hub units in (1) Writing, (2) Research & Information Literacy, and (3) Creativity/Innovation, it will lead students through the stages of the design process in order to produce a creative project informed by research. Theodora Goss, […]
Spotlight Archive 01: Collaborative Mentoring Initiative (May 2020)
Within the Writing Program, we have been spending a great deal of time and thought on mentoring. How can we mentor graduate students, new to teaching writing classes? New hires? Adjunct faculty? Faculty going up for promotion? Women and members of groups historically under-represented in the academy? Through professional development, reading, and a renewed focus […]