by Andrew Wiggins “Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.” —Robert McKee As a PhD candidate, I am routinely evolving and improving the narrative telling the story of my research. I have learned that doing science is only half of the process for a scientist. The second involves communicating…
by Allyson Loy Before training for the Writing Intensive Program, I served as a laboratory assistant in an upper-level STEM laboratory course for four semesters. While this course is not writing intensive, writing is an integral part of the course; many of the exam questions are in short answer form, and students turn in several…
by Michael Catto How does a student go about setting up a basic researchable question within the parameters of a given course? Writing a scientific article is a very different beast than what students (especially those in the early years of their college career) may have been exposed to. At this time, I am teaching…
by Matt Bloodgood Throughout my educational career, I have always thought of myself as an effective writer. People told me I was an effective writer. Was I? Or was I just good enough to appear to be more effective than those around me? On rereading some of my own work, I lean toward the latter.…