Writing Committee

SWC Writing Committee

Mission

“To improve the quality of writing and of writing instruction across all disciplines in the College of Liberal Arts.”

Voting Members:

• Chair: Joan Mullin - WAC Director (jmullin@mail.utexas.edu) 232-2265
• Paul Adams - Geography (paul.adams@mail.utexas.edu) 232-1599
• Brian A Bremen - English (bremen@uts.cc.utexas.edu) 471-7842
• Elizabeth Engelhardt - American Studies (e.engelhardt@mail.utexas.edu) 232-2707
• Kathleen Higgins-Philosophy (kmhiggins@mail.utexas.edu ) 471-5564
• Marc Lewis - Psychology (lewis@psy.utexas.edu) 471-3393
• Dale Koike - Spanish & Portuguese (d.koike@mail.utexas.edu) 232-4508
• Les Kurtz- Sociology (lkurtz@soc.utexas.edu) 232-6316
• Robert Moser - Government (rmoser@mail.la.utexas.edu) 232-7278
• Susan Deans-Smith - History (sdsmith@mail.utexas.edu) 475-7205
• Ward Keeler - Anthropology (ward.keeler@mail.utexas.edu) 471-8520
• John Weinstock - Scandinavian Studies (weinstock@mail.utexas.edu) 471-9209

Ex-officio:

• Clay Spinuzzi - CWRL director (clay.spinuzzi@mail.utexas.edu) 471-8707
• Margaret Syverson - UWC director (syverson@uts.cc.utexas.edu) 471-8734
• Linda Ferreira-Buckley - DRC director (linda-fb@uts.cc.utexas.edu) 471-8764
• Richard Flores - Dean’s Office (rrflores@mail.utexas.edu) 471-9209

Recorder: Susan Schorn, WAC Coordinator

Charge

The Committee should address:

• the overall quality of the SWC courses currently being offered in the College
• unit-level goals and needs for writing skills of CLA majors
• priorities and strategies for enhancing writing in the College
• mechanisms for regular communication with Departmental Writing Committees

In subsequent years, the Committee should:

• develop and oversee an action plan for writing instruction in the College
• facilitate outstanding teaching in SWC courses