Teaching with writing across the University of Iowa (Spring 2025)
Faculty Spotlight
Claudia Pozzobon Potratz aims for heritage learners of Spanish to take pride in their bilingualism as they learn to read and write more proficiently in Spanish.
Writing and Learning
Crafting Success: A conversation between Dana Thomann, Department of Rhetoric, and Anat Levtov, Learning at Iowa, about the relationship between writing, learning, and a growth mindset.
Student Spotlight
I have carried a love of creative writing through my college career at Iowa, and soon I will graduate with a B.S. in Psychology and a Writing Certificate.
Faculty Spotlight
Like many instructors, Professor Sabrina Harris is reconsidering what her classroom activities and assessments should look like in response to the increase in AI availability and use.
Center News
This past August I took over as Director of the Hanson Center for Communication after teaching graduate students how to write and present for the past six years.
Communicating Through Stories
An interview with Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers and Danielle Land about their graduate course Communicating Data Through Stories.
Past Issues: Spring 2022
Faculty Spotlight
Debra Trusty, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Lecturer in Classics, aspires for her students to be as engaged with the ancient world as she was as an archaeology and classics student.
Podcast Interview
Mike Overholt talks to Kristi Hendrickson about her writing pedagogy, her experience as a first-generation college student, and her collaboration with the Writing Center's Writing Across Campus program.
Graduate Student Spotlight
Jose Antonio Covo Meisel, 35, born in Colombia, is a writer of science fiction and autobiographical non-fiction, expressionist painter, and the first student in the doctoral program in creative writing in Spanish at the University of Iowa.
Writing in the Science
Long before she took on the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Cornelia Lang was thinking about how the University of Iowa could better prepare students to make connections across the disciplines
Faculty Assignment Spotlight
Before Erin Johnson started teaching a podcast project in her International Business Environment class, she was never quite satisfied with the conclusion of the course.
Student Perspective
Cheyenne McGuire
My writing process happens in phases, which I suspect is true of most people. I have always been a competent writer because I have always loved to read, but the more I enter the writing world the more I learn that I have a lot to learn.
Spring 2021
Faculty Spotlight
Back in 2008, Professor Mary Cohen was planning to launch the Oakdale Community Choir.
Student Spotlight
I often sit in front of my computer, on my apartment’s Chesterfield or in the common learning room of the library.
An Interview with Andres Carlstein
“This course combines all my interests and experiences,” says Andres Carlstein.
The Historical Interview Assignment
One challenge instructors face in integrating writing into multidisciplinary courses is making writing relevant.
The Speaking Truth To Power Assignment
A conversation between Carl Follmer and Jaron Wilde, Tippie College of Business.
Writing in the Natural Sciences
Professor Maurine Neiman has a very pragmatic view of writing.