Bruce Bellner, an instructor in the department of Economics, invited me to give a class presentation/workshop about writing research papers and on line libera. thesis statements in his Economics 367 class.
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A GTA in Comparative Studies asked us to facilitate a workshop on writing thesis statements for her Comparative Studies 367 class. We decided to use Writing Analytically to discuss the philosophy behind discussing effective thesis statements across disciplines. As the authors of this textbook indicate, thesis development is an evolving as opposed to a static process. (more…)

In my second session with Mark Moritz’s Anthropology 620 class, we talked about developing a style manual for the wiki that the students were contributing to during the quarter. (more…)

I had the pleasure this quarter of working with Professor Mark Moritz and his Anthropology 620 class. Dr. Moritz centered his class writing assignments on producing a wiki on the topic of the class, which was hunter-gatherer societies. I came into the class twice, and I’ll divide my comments for each session into two posts. The first session addressed how wikis might fit into disciplinary attitudes toward writing and knowledge production. (more…)

On April 17, I had the pleasure of talking with Caroline Su’s Women’s Studies 215 students about developing good thesis statements. The students were preparing to work on an essay assignment for the following class, in which they were required to analyze gender issues in the novel The Bell Jar. (more…)