2020 Charles Moran Best Text Contest Winners
April 22, 2020
The winners of the 2020 Charles Moran Best Text Contest have been announced! This work was completed in one of the UMass writing courses (College Writing, Junior Year Writing, or Writing, Identity,...
Writing Program Spring Symposium Examines ‘Writing Vulnerabilities and Contemplative Practices’ in the Classroom
January 16, 2020
The Writing Program's Spring Symposium and General Meeting was held on January 17, 2020 at the Old Chapel. This year’s Symposium guest speaker was Dr. Tara Pauliny. The Symposium workshop was...
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On Oct. 11, Dr. Shawna Shapiro, Associate Professor at Middlebury College and Director of their Writing & Rhetoric Program, spoke on the challenges and best practices for supporting multilingual students in our courses. Dr. Shapiro's research focuses on high-school-to-college transitions for immigrant and refugee students, as well as on curricular innovation to include multilingual/ESL students. This event was part of the "Supporting Linguistic Diversity at UMass" Mellon Mutual Mentoring Team, organized by Dr. Rebecca Lorimer-Leonard, Dr. Anne Bello, and Dr. Anna Rita Napoleone.
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