by Nara Kim Writing is like paint on a blank canvas. The artist goes through various stages in order to paint a single piece of artwork. A painting that is satisfactory will not just materialize from the beginning. As an initial step, artists should think about the topic they want to draw. The idea of…
by Alyssa Brown, Sociology, ’18–19 Sometimes I read students’ papers, and I imagine how I would write it to make it sound “better” or how I would organize it to make it flow in the way I think would make sense. I think about the way that I would write their paper if it were…
by KC Jones In hiring practices and career development, humanities students historically begin their academic journeys behind the proverbial eight ball. Anthropology students in particular are at a disadvantage, with 12,000 recent graduates as of 2016 fighting for only a few hundred jobs in their field. 1 For three consecutive years, both Kiplinger Business Forecast…
by Al Byrnes As I have worked as a writing coach for the Writing Intensive Program (WIP) at the University of Georgia, I have learned the importance of supporting students. Through facilitating meaningful opportunities for practice and through explicitly teaching writing as a process, I have helped students develop their writing skills. The training I…