Writing scholars can strengthen their credibility by serving as instructional consultants. Learn how WAC diplomacy benefits all faculty.

Teaching people, not content or tools, builds lasting connections and aligns values. Can the human element save the humanities?

Beyond merely conveying information, writing has many functions, many of which benefit the author, not just the audience. See how it works.

I discuss how running or executing text influence my understanding and implementation of rhetoric. It's a conversation about “techknowledgey”.

In digital spaces, platform developers and social groups form the available rhetoric. Design choices create social pressures for online writing.

The writing process is never clear-cut, yet we often teach it as though it is. We should teach students to experiment with their own processes.

Listing references at the end of a printed text no longer makes sense in a world of digital media. Here's how to re-imagine references that work everywhere.

Teaching the rhetorical gesture of hyperlinks, suggesting an intervention to develop students' skills using existing, familiar tools and technologies.

Think of a writing classroom. What can we badge there? Can writing earn badges? How can we determine whether writing goals are met?

It's tough to help students understand what we mean by “research” — it needs to be actionable (specific) yet transferrable (general). Here’s one solution.