Department of Writing Studies

Work by the faculty and students of the Department of Writing Studies

Moving from plagiarism police to integrity coaches: assisting novice students in understanding the relationship between research and ownership

Vaccino-Salvadore, Silvia; Buck, Rachel (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021)

Much of the discourse surrounding plagiarism is one of fear—a fear of being caught and punished, but many plagiarism examples happen unintentionally as students struggle with a new language, new ideas, and new communities ...
Perceiving Emotions, Facilitating Thought, and Promoting Growth: Using Emotional Intelligence as an Effective Teaching Technique in the Freshman Composition Classroom

Reid, Zofia; Sayed, Sana (Common Ground Publishing, 2016-06)

One of the key issues in teaching writing to students in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is that they come from diverse high school contexts. Some students have never been formally taught in English, and ...