Processes: Writing Across Academic Careers
Author(s):
Christopher Iverson and Dan Ehrenfeld
Publication Date: March 31, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-942341-91-8
Affiliation: Farmingdale State College
About the book
Processes: Writing Across Academic Careers is an edited collection showcasing the diversity of writing processes, styles, and formats in academia. Students, faculty, and staff share both published and unpublished work and reflect on their writing process as well as writing in their fields and disciplines. This book shows that, while writing looks and functions differently in different disciplines, college communities center on writing.
The text’s sections feature compositions from nursing, STEM and health sciences, education, and history and culture. The examples include reflections on the role of writing in one’s academic career, examples of professional writing in the sciences, research papers, conference proposals, and laboratory reports. Each example is accompanied by a thoughtful reflection about how the author crafted their work.
Students learning to write in college and in their specific disciplines will gain a holistic understanding of the kinds of writing they will encounter over the course of their academic careers and an appreciation for the multitudes of ways writers work.
The writing featured is by students, faculty, and staff at Farmingdale State College, a State University of New York (SUNY) campus on Long Island. The collection was compiled and edited by the FSC Writing in the Disciplines committee.
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Christopher Iverson serves as Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at Farmingdale State College (SUNY) and chair of the FSC Writing in the Disciplines’ Publishing Subcommittee. His research centers on service-learning, Writing in the Disciplines/Writing Across the Curriculum, technical/professional writing, and open scholarship. Ultimately, Chris’ research handles writing as a community—as opposed to individual—act, meant for diverse audiences but also created through collaboration and compromise. Chris earned his PhD in Writing and Rhetoric from the University of Connecticut, and while doing so, taught at flagship state schools, community colleges, and polytechnic institutes. This experience informed his interdisciplinary approach to writing and his fascination with writing as a means to individually express as well as collaboratively communicate. Contact Christopher at iversoc@farmingdale.edu.
Dan Ehrenfeld serves as Assistant Professor of English and Humanities at Farmingdale State College (SUNY). He earned his MA in secondary education from Loyola Marymount University, where he specialized in culturally responsive pedagogy and academic instruction for English language learners. He earned his PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he specialized in Rhetoric and Composition. His areas of interest include digital rhetoric, writing in the public sphere, rhetorical circulation, persuasion, and writing pedagogy. Currently, he is working on a book investigating the persuasion practices that characterize political discourse on the social web. Contact Dan at
ehrenfd@farmingdale.edu.
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