{"id":129,"date":"2017-10-24T05:26:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-serie-center\/writing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:28:21","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/serie-center\/writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Pedagogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Serie Center provides faculty with resources to reflect on and invest in their writing pedagogy. We utilize both our own colleagues and outside experts to lead hands-on workshops that familiarize faculty with best practices and strategies for cultivating students\u2019 writing habits and skills. We develop tools and resources that faculty can use to enhance their teaching, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/academics\/write-well\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Write Well Microlectures <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy3G_dkh1gRztQaZAV4yEycxxKUHFaWHAmuIfv0GoMA\/edit?usp=sharing\">Teaching Writing: Complete Lessons and Resources (gdoc)<\/a>.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brigetta (Britt) Abel (Associate Dean of Academic Success) is Director of Writing and coordinates Macalester\u2019s writing initiatives, Abel provides one-on-one consultations for individual faculty in all disciplines. She supports the general education writing requirement and the assessment of students\u2019 writing and communication skills. She provides focused training for embedded student writing assistants and preceptors across the disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/macalester.edu\/writingresources\/home\">Writing Resources for Students and Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IstGRY8EDJ766crqiT-OvTPslhNACUbIhX4k2qll8v0\/edit?usp=sharing\">Responsive writing instruction (gdoc)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing General Education Resources&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/epag\/gesforms\/\">General Education Designation Forms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AJ8DsP0ocxnBEqJBEVgVmdjshK3CneQ7D14FR4Fkeyc\/edit#heading=h.xp7e314uw2er\">Gen Ed Writing Rubric<\/a>&nbsp;(Rubric based on the writing gen ed requirement; feel free to use and\/or modify)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HDayUdo9HGYiOvHreugy0BHwKJSuhG3Hh8lQSTYFNvA\/preview\">Writing Assignment Prompt Checklist<\/a>&nbsp;(reminder of important information to cover in your writing assignment prompt)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anti-racist writing pedagogy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2021\/01\/27\/how-professors-can-and-should-combat-linguistic-prejudice-their-classes-opinion?fbclid=IwAR1vvNbug6szW-CQurn6mnKtRRbuT8een94UbiIb0Rl1DdZBeOPKBWe6ekU\">Ten Ways to Tackle Linguistic Bias in our Classrooms<\/a>&nbsp;(Catherine Savini,&nbsp;<em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em>, January 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1HVtND28Qhc7FoS4nDRN9BAU2rvs42s69AyML_VoJ26U\/edit?usp=sharing\">Beyond Just: Toward an Antiracist Writing Pedagogy at Macalester&nbsp;<\/a>(Jake Mohan, August 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1GngaZ9l1rVR9KIac6A_p_2Gn20eGZJ6c8Eb4gdRiH9k\/edit?usp=sharing\">\u200bWorking with Multilingual Writers at Macalester<\/a>&nbsp;(Jake Mohan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11ACklcUmqGvTzCMPlETChBwS-Ic3t2BOLi13u8IUEp4\/edit?usp=sharing\">How Do We Language So People Stop Killing Each Other, Or What Do We Do About White Language Supremacy?<\/a>&nbsp;(Asao B. Inoue, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/macal\/reader.action?docID=1656118&amp;ppg=176\">Language: Teaching New Worlds\/New Words<\/a>\u201d (from bell hooks,&nbsp;<em>Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom<\/em>, Routledge, 1994, pp 167-175)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OIrED9k5tmM\">Vershawn Young: Code Meshing<\/a>&nbsp;(brief introductory video); see also Young\u2019s piece&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17077\/2168-569X.1095\">\u201cShould Writers Use Their Own English?\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies<\/em>&nbsp;Vol 12, Issue 1, Article 10, 2010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jamila Lyiscott (two videos)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english\">\u201c3 Ways to Speak English\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u4dc1axRwE4\">\u201cWhy English Class is Silencing Students of Color\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about any of these writing-related initiatives, please contact:&nbsp;Britt Abel Director of Writing&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:abel@macalester.edu\">abel@macalester.edu<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Serie Center provides faculty with resources to reflect on and invest in their writing pedagogy. 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