Processes : Writing Across Academic Careers / Christopherh Iverson, Dan Ehrenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iverson, Christopherh, author.

Ehrenfeld, Dan, author.

Series:

Open textbook library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Place of Publication:

Geneseo, NY : Milne Open Textbooks, 2023.

Summary:

Processes: Writing Across Academic Careers is an edited collection featuring writing from students, faculty, and staff at Farmingdale State College, a State University of New York (SUNY) campus on Long Island. Each contributor reflects on their own writing as well as writing in their fields/disciplines. Namely, they reflect on their writing processes, hence the name of the book. The FSC Writing in the Disciplines committee curated excerpts of published or unpublished work from faculty, students, and administrators across departments and offices. The result is Processes: Writing Across Academic Careers, a collection of writing samples and reflections on the processes that made those pieces of writing possible. This book shows that, while writing looks and functions differently in different disciplines, college communities center on writing. From the college president to the faculty to the students, each member of the community grapples with writing, even in disciplines not considered to be writing-intensive. The text features compositions from nursing, STEM and health sciences, education, and history and culture. The examples span from reflections on the role of writing in one's academic career, examples of professional writing in the sciences, research papers, conference proposals, to laboratory reports. The examples of published or works-in-progress are accompanied by thoughtful reflections on how the author crafted their work. The collection presents an opportunity for scholars to acknowledge the centrality of writing in their everyday work. Students learning how to write in college and about writing conventions in their specific disciplines will gain an overview of writing they will encounter in their academic career and an appreciation for the multitudes of ways writers work. Perfect for introductory writing courses, and useful modularly for any class that touches on writing or information literacy, this text is a unique, honest, and practical resource for any undergraduate.

Contents:

Introduction

Homage to Dr. Marcia Littenberg, former Chair, FSC WID

Writers on Writing

Messages from the Nursing Department

Utilizing a Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Course to Teach Nursing Students about Their Profession

The Importance of Correct Perspective of the Nursing Profession

How Nursing Taught Me to Write Scholarly

My Education in Writing as a Nurse

Messages from STEM and Health Science Scholars

Sexual and Asexual Reproductive Stages of Fungi

Medical Maladies and Existential Healing

Who Runs Boston? A Descriptive Report of Performance-Related Characteristics of Boston Marathon Qualifiers

Writing in Science: Creating a Lab Write-Up

It's a Marsh Mallow World in the Summer

Discourse Analysis: The Impact of the Unspoken Word

Messages from Writers on Writing and Education

Former Beat Writer Reflects

The Process of Writing as a Spontaneous Act of Storytelling: From the Classroom to a Published Essay

"The Generation and Uses of Chaos": Rhetorical Invention as the Taming of a Wild Garden

Collaborative Composing: Demystifying the Literature Review and the Writing Process, Together

On Writing Philosophy

Learning Outcomes

Staying Engaged while Staying Home

The Art of Editorial Conversation

A Pedagogical Template for Preparing Undergraduate Student Scientific Laboratory Reports and First

Submissions to Academic Journals

Messages from Scholars about History and Culture

The Messengers of War

The Beauty of Spirited Writing

The Art of Being Green: Mimesis and the Environment in Book II of The Faerie Queene

Una Vida Aislada: The Theme of Isolation in The House on Mango Street

The Advantages of Quick Writing Bursts

Another Possible Source of Hawthorne's Hester Prynne

A Brief Survey of US Accounting

Writing in Criminal Justice: The Process.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (open.umn.edu, viewed June 27, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references.