General Education Faculty Resources

Good general sites for Writing Across the Curriculum

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• Colorado State University WAC Clearinghouse
• Macalester College “Write Well” series of short videos to help teach academic writing conventions

Writing transfer

• Elon University statement on transfer
• Colorado State University on Teaching for Transfer
• Teaching for transfer

Designing syllabi and assignments

• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• MIT’s guide to creating effective writing assignments
• Duke University crafting effective writing assignments
• University of Minnesota explaining relevance of writing on your syllabus

Writing to learn/ informal, ungraded writing

• Colorado State University Writing Across the Curriculum writing-to-learn activities
• University of Minnesota informal, in-class activities
• George Mason University handout on writing to learn
• Writing to learn in STEM bibliographic database

Revision/stages of the writing process

• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• Anne Lamott, “Shitty First Drafts”
• Duke University Writing Program
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Responding to and grading student writing

• Otterbein CTL Guide to Grading: “Making Molehills Out of Mountains”
• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• Video: “Beyond the Red Ink: Teachers’ Comments Through Students’ Eyes”
• University of Minnesota responding for revision
• George Mason University handout on commenting
• Western Washington University’s discipline-based writing rubric
• Duke University responding to student writing
• University of Minnesota grading end of semester writing
• University of Minnesota quick, effective writing instruction

Rubrics

• Cornell University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Colorado State University
• Gustavus Adolphus College
• University of Minnesota Writing Center

Structuring peer review

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• University of Minnesota structuring virtual peer review
• Why students hate peer review

Argument/ thesis

• Purdue University Online Writing Program
• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric

Paragraph structure

• Duke University Writing Program
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Digital Communication

• University of London guide to digital best practices
• Rutgers University on writing for the web
• Miami University Digital Writing Collaborative
• Digital writing workshop with Troy Hicks
• National Writing Project on what digital writing is and why it matters
• PEW Research Center on the impact of digital tools on student writing
• PEW Research Center video of a talk on reading, writing, and research in the digital age

Teaching writing with statistics

• University of Minnesota Writing Center
• Teaching student writers to build effective tables, charts, and figures

Writing with numbers/ quantitative writing

• University of Minnesota
• Carleton College

Writing introductions

• University of North Carolina Writing Center

Writing conclusions

• University of North Carolina Writing Center

Team and collaborative writing

• Oklahoma University team writing checklist
• University of North Carolina group writing
• Dartmouth University collaborative learning

Citation styles

• Stanford University resources for documentation and citation
• Purdue University OWL resources for citation

Writing with sources/ preventing plagiarism

• University of Minnesota definitions of plagiarism
• Duke University Writing Program
• University of Hawaii Writing Center
• Indiana University
• The Citation Project

Research papers

• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• The 'realistic' research paper
• The term paper perplex
• George Mason University on alternatives to the research paper

Grammar and mechanics

• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• George Mason University handout on dealing with student errors
• Colorado State University Writing Across the Curriculum Lab
• Duke University Grammar Guide
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• Grammar Girl
• Purdue OWL active vs. passive voice:

Common grammar errors

• Stanford University
• University of Wisconsin
• Texas Tech 20 common errors

Style

• Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style online
• Richard Lanham’s “Paramedic Method” for concision and clarity
• Jack Lynch’s Guide to Grammar and Style

Emailing a professor

• Article from Inside Higher Ed
• Lighthearted approach from a blogger

Gender-inclusive language

• University of North Carolina Writing Center

Materials for students

• Dartmouth University Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
• Agnes Scott College Center for Writing and Speaking (1-2 page handouts on wide range of writing topics)

Student presentations

• Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center
• University of Minnesota writing to prepare for oral presentations

ESL resources

• Duke University Writing Program
• Creating linguistically inclusive classrooms
• George Mason University video on multilingual writing across disciplines
• Dave’s ESL Café
• Tips for ESL students
• IELTS exam help
• Writing Across Borders film

Assessment of writing programs

• Council of Writing Programs Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition
• New Frontiers in Writing: explores implications of findings from the National Census of Writing

Writing in a variety of disciplinary genres

• Duke University’s Writing for Specific Disciplines
• University of Richmond’s Writing Web
• University of Minnesota motivating students to write in the disciplines
• Podcast: The Senior Scientist as Writer

Accounting and Finance

• University of Montana
• DePaul University

Anthropology

• University of North Carolina Writing Center
• University of California, San Diego
• University of Richmond

Art/ Art History

• University of North Carolina Writing Center
• Hamilton College
• Swarthmore College
• University of Connecticut on writing an artist’s statement
• Duke University on “How do you look?”

Biological sciences

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• University of Richmond
• Marquette University Writing Across the Curriculum
• University of Connecticut
• Southwestern University
• University of Wisconsin using rubrics in Biology

Business

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• University of Richmond
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• UCLA Writing Center

Chemistry

• Swarthmore College
• Oregon State University
• University of Richmond
• Quick Guide to ACS Citation Style
• Clinical Chemistry. Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing
• M. E. Tischler, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona. Scientific Writing Booklet
• Duke University Graduate School. (2011). Scientific Writing Resource

Classics

• University of Richmond

Communication Studies

• University of North Carolina Writing Center
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• University of Richmond site on journalism
• University of Richmond site on rhetoric and communication studies

Computer Science

• California State University at Sacramento
• UC Irvine
• University of California at San Diego
• Colorado State University

Creative Writing

• Purdue OWL
• University of Richmond

Digital Storytelling

• University of Richmond

Economics

• Duke University Writing Program
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Harvard University

Education

• University of Richmond
• University of Oregon
• Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project

Engineering

• Purdue OWL
• University of Minnesota
• Penn State
• National Writing Project
• University of Portland

English

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Harvard Unversity
• Harvard University how to do a close reading
• University of Wisconsin on close reading
• University of Richmond
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab

Film Studies

• Duke University Writing Program
• Swarthmore College
• University of Richmond

Health and Sport Sciences

• Colorado State University
• University of North Carolina
• Purdue OWL

History

• College of William and Mary
• Hamilton College
• Bowdoin College
• Harvard University Writing Center
• Cornell University
• University of Richmond
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources

Honors Theses

• UNC Chapel Hill
• Harvard guides for particular disciplines

International Studies

• University of Richmond

Leadership

• University of Richmond

Mathematics

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• UC Davis
• University of Denver resources guide
• University of Colorado
• Using writing in mathematics to deepen student learning

Music

• UNC Chapel Hill
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Harvard University
• University of Ricmond

Nursing

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab Bibliography
• UCLA
• Saginaw Valley State University
• University of Utah
• Minnesota State University guide to scholarly writing in Nursing
• Walden University

Philosophy

• University of Pennsylvania Professor Jim Pryor’s guide
• Harvard University
• UNC Chapel Hill
• University of Richmond

Physical Sciences

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources

Physics

• SUNY Geneseo
• Cornell University
• Union College

Political Science

• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• Georgetown University writing a political science essay
• University of Richmond

Psychology

• Harvard University Writing for Psychology
• Harvard University Teaching Writing for Psychology
• University of Pennsylvania guide
• Purdue OWL
• University of Richmond
• UNC Chapel Hill

Race and Ethnic Studies

• University of California Santa Cruz on research papers
• Barnard College research guide

Sociology

• University of North Carolina Writing Center
• University of Minnesota Teaching With Writing resources
• UC Berkeley
• Oregon State University

Theater and Dance

• University of North Carolina Writing Center
• University of Richmond Writing Center
• Southwestern University

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

• University of Vermont
• Appalachian State University
• Harvard University on senior thesis projects in WGSS