To: Departmental Executive Officers
From: Christine Getz, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Outreach and Engagement
RE: Opportunity for Graduate Students to Enroll in RHET 5375: Teaching in a Writing Center Course in Fall 2024

Graduate students interested in graduate and post-doctoral career opportunities teaching writing and administering a writing center are encouraged to enroll in RHET 5375: Teaching in a Writing Center (Wednesdays 3:30 - 5:20PM, Fall 2024).

This is a 3 SH seminar / practicum offered every fall and taught by Professor Carol Severino. The primary purpose of this course is to prepare graduate students to work in the Writing Center at the University of Iowa and/or other institutions. Passing the course, graded S or U, makes a CLAS graduate student eligible for Writing Center hours as part of their teaching load.

A secondary purpose of the course is to introduce students to some important themes in writing studies. Students read articles, books, handouts, and web pages on the following related issues: reading and writing processes, one-on-one conferencing dynamics, second language writing, basic writing, first- and second-year college writing, writing across the curriculum, and writing center administration. Students do short writings in which they apply course readings to tutoring their own writing center students. An oral report on a case study of a student writer or on a resource for tutoring writing as well as a final written project, usually a write-up of the case-study. are required. For more information and a special permission number, please email Carol Severino.