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Many of us hope that summer will be an extremely productive time in which we'll finally catch up on our work or make significant progress on our ongoing projects. However, the realities of summer responsibilities, as well as the often unrealistic expectations we have for summer, often prevent our summer goals from becoming reality. In this workshop, we'll discuss ways to address and overcome blocks to our writing that prevent a productive summer. We'll also learn ways to set realistic goals and strategize effective ways to meet them. Workshop participants will learn how to engage in a writing process that takes the agony out of composing, organize a writing group, give effective feedback to writing partners, and create a plan of action for meeting our summer goals.
Alison Bright is a continuing lecturer in the University Writing Program at the UC Davis and a teacher-consultant with the National Writing Project. She serves as the University of California representative on the Advisory Board for the California Writing Project. Her research interests include: writing program administration; writing across the curriculum; writing centers; tutor preparation; teacher identity; and the professional development of teacher/writers. She has published the results of these research interests in English Education and Teaching/Writing. Alison and several of her colleagues collaboratively authored the English Education article “Beyond strategies: Teacher practice, writing process, and the influence of inquiry,” which was the recipient of the 2009 NCTE Janet Emig Award. She holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an MA in English, with an emphasis in rhetoric and the teaching of English, from Sonoma State University, and BA in Spanish literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Sponsored by the University Writing Program and the GradPathways Institute for Professional Development (Graduate Studies).