Writing Across the Curriculum at San Jose State University
The San Jose State University Writing Across the Curriculum program has offered over 60 different workshops and worked with hundreds of faculty members from all across campus. In addition, we have sponsored more than a dozen research and resource development projects; consulted with various departments and programs about integrating writing into their curriculums; and offered dozens of specialized talks to various groups and organizations, including new faculty and the San Jose Area Writing Project.
Contact Us
Tom Moriarty
Professor of English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum
thomas.moriarty@sjsu.edu
List of Previous WAC Workshops and Projects
WAC Workshops
Major Scaffolding: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Low Stakes Completion-Based
Grading (S25)
Classroom Techniques for Encouraging Collaboration (S25)
Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum (S25)
The Digital Short and Academic Discourse (S25)
Team-Based Writing Projects at SJSU (F24)
Do Your Students Know an Unreliable Source When They See It? Import This Module and
Teach Them this Strategy: Lateral Reading (F24)
Gamification and Game-Based Learning Tools to Teach Writing (F24)
Asynchronous Teaching as Community-Building, Community-building as Learning (F24)
Faculty Writing Workshop in the Humanities, Preparation for Publishing in Undergraduate
Student Journals (F24)
Rizzing Across the Curriculum: On Teaching Gen Z (F24)
Introduction to Teaching and Mentoring Writing in Your Discipline (S24)
100W, 200W, and GWAR Course Coordinators Online Get-Together (F23)
Closing 100W Writing Gaps: Preparing Students for Discipline Specific Writing (F23)
Exploring Multimedia and Authentic Writing in the Curriculum (F23)
Designing Writing Courses with a Growth Mindset (F23)
Exploring Counter Story-Telling (F23)
Close Writing: Pairing Creative Writing With Close Reading to Increase Engagement
and Analytic Skill (F23)
Using AI Writing to Teach Writing (S23)
Using Meditation to Enhance Mindfulness in the Writing Classroom (S23)
So a Choose Your Own Adventure Walks Into a Class... (S23)
Providing Feedback on Student Writing (S23)
SpeedGrader: Ideas for Providing Feedback on Student Writing (S23)
Plagiarism-Proofing Your Writing Assignments (S23)
How to Redesign Writing-Intensive Courses in Your Discipline (S21)
Creating Rubrics to Grade 100W Assignments (S21)
How to Teach Your Students to Use Active Voice in Scholarly Research and Writing (S21)
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Classes: Which One Works Better for Our Students and
Us? (S21)
Podcasting as a New Educational Tool (4-Week Workshop) (F20)
Creating Accidental Advocates: Teaching research projects through Adobe Spark (One
Day Workshop) (F20)
Elevating Student Writing Through Peer Feedback - Online (One Day Workshop) (F20)
Organizing Culminating Activities for Graduate Level Writers (One Day Workshop) (F20)
Working With Embedded Writing Tutors (F19, S20)
Reinforcing Metacognition: Learning from Reflections on Writing (F19)
Document Design (F19)
Submitting a Tenure Dossier on eFaculty: A Quick Guide (F19)
How to Design and Host a Graduate Writing Retreat (F19)
Teaching the Annotated Bibliography: Addressing Challenges of Writing about Professional
Sources (S19)
How To Flip, Not Flop, Your 100W Course, Part II: Building a Student-Centered, Flipped
Learning Module (S19)
Remix and Remaster Writing Instruction: Establishing Writers Workshops Across the
Curriculum (S19)
How to Embed Information Literacy Into Your Course: A Hands-On Workshop (S19, F19)
Visual Rhetoric and the Alternative Research Project: Developing the Traditional Essay
Into a Digital Short (S19)
Writing Assignments for GE Area S Courses: Assessing Students’ Work and Evaluating
GE Learning Outcomes (F18)
How To Flip, Not Flop, Your 100W Course, Part I: Building Your Digital Presence (F18)
Helping Students Overcome Difficulties in Reading Technical Papers (F18)
Using Real-Time Documents for High-Impact Writing Feedback (F18)
Working With Graduate Student Writers (F18)
Writing Like a Reader: Cohesion and Self-Editing Techniques (F18)
Reimagining Writing Assignments: A Series of Hands-On Workshops (S18)
Writing About Current Societal Events and Challenges (S18)
The WriteSquad: eCampus Writing Instructor Helpdesk (S18)
Annotated Bibliography: Teaching Students to Work with Professional
Academic Sources (S18, F17)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum (S18,
F17)
Beginning and Advanced eCampus Resources for Writing Instructors (F17)
Developing Guides to Writing In Your Discipline (F17)
Working with Multilingual Writers (S17)
eCampus Resources for Writing Instructors (S17)
Ethnographic Writing (S17)
Responding to Student Writing (F16)
The Grammar of Necessity: Generative Grammar Lessons Through the Experimental Essay
(F16)
Seminar for 100W Instructors (S16)
Seminar for 100WB Instructors (S16)
WAC Research Projects
ChatGPT or Not to Chat (F23)
Team-based Writing Projects at SJSU (F23)
Close Writing: Pairing Creative Writing With Close Reading to Increase Engagement
and Analytic Skill (S23)
How to Redesign Writing-Intensive Courses in Your Discipline (F20)
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Classes: Which One Works Better for Our Students and
Us? (F20)
Course Redesign Project for Health and Recreation 100W (S20)
Does Silicon Valley Need Hybrid First Year Composition Class Options? (S19)
Theoretical Materials to Facilitate the Discussion of Ethics in Engineering Reports
(ENGR 100W) Classes (S19)
Instrumentalizing the Online Forum: A Tool for Extending and Shaping the Leaning and
Teaching Conversation (S19)
Best Practices for Teaching Writing in STEM Disciplines (S18)
Essential On-The-Job Communication Skills Business Students Should Master: A Syllabus
Playbook for New 100WB Instructors (S18)
Business Students Writing on The Job: What They Wished They Learned at SJSU (S17)
WAC Resource Projects
Guide to Applying for Tenure (S19)
Common Grammar and Usage Differences: Hindi — English, Indian English — American Academic
English (F18)
Common Grammar and Usage Differences: Spanish — English, Mandarin — English, and Vietnamese
— English (F17)