This Is Howe We Do It

In this episode, I talk with Assistant Director of the Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program, Dr. Mandy Olejnik, to discuss two different perspectives on graduate student writing—our experiences with being graduate student writers and insights for supporting and advising graduate student writers, drawing from Mandy's research and our HCWE programming on graduate student writing support. We reflect on some of the differences between writing as a graduate student and an undergraduate student, the affective elements of writing in graduate school, and the needed systems that advisors and faculty can help change and innovate to support graduate students.

Resources Related to this Episode

• HWAC Resource: Supporting Graduate Writers
• HCWE News: Changing Graduate Student Writing with Dr. Mandy Olejnik
• “Navigating Contradictions while Learning to Write: A Disciplinary Case Study of a First-term Doctoral Writer.” by Elizabeth Hutton, Mandy Olejnik, and Miranda Corpora
• "Potential of WAC in Graduate Writing Support: Helping Faculty Improve Systems of Graduate Writing" by Mandy Olejnik

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

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This episode features a conversation with former Graduate Assistant Director for the Howe Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program Will Chesher as he reflects on his role and experiences as a graduate student working in this administrative role. This discussion offers insight into the projects from the past few years that were especially memorable to Will and the impact doctoral students can make in this role.

Resources from Will's Projects at the HCWE

• Faculty Writing Fellows Program
• Miami Writing Institute
• Article announcing Peer Review FLC

Resources Shared by Will

• CompRhet Money Map
• Rook Music (Will's music)

Finally, if you're interested in reading more or applying to the English: Composition & Rhetoric graduate programs at Miami University of Ohio and the opportunities offered to doctoral students, you can learn more at this website.

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

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In this episode, our behind the scenes executive producer Will Chesher steps in as a guest host to interview Miami graduate student, and your very own podcast host, Rena Perez as this week's guest to continue the conversation from last episode on ePortfolios. While our last episode featured faculty perspectives on teaching ePortfolios, Rena offers a writers’ experiences and insights into the types of ePortfolios you may create, where to start when creating an ePortfolio, and the processes of selection and reflection on your chosen content.

Resources on ePortfolios

• Across the Disciplines special issue: ePortfolios Across the Disciplines
• AAC&U: ePortfolios
• Presentation by Dr. Randy Bass on ePortfolios
• Portfolio Keeping: A Guide for Students by Nedra Reynolds and Elizabeth Davis (link on Amazon)

Check out additional resources at our website: https://miamioh.edu/HCWE or write to us at hwac@miamioh.edu if you have questions or ideas for topics you’d like to hear about in future podcasts.

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