SSH Writers on Writing: Watch podcast series of the Writing Center
In these podcasts, instructor of the Writing Center Lori Enns talks to people across the university about their research, writing, teaching (and sometimes personal) lives. The conversations shed light on the differences in writing across the disciplines, as well as the personalities that do this writing.
Here are some of the interviews:
SSH Writers on Writing: Caress Schenk, PSIR
In this inaugural episode, Lori Enns talks with Associate Professor of Political Science, Caress Schenk. Professor Schenk discusses the challenge of identifying your reading audience (even after years of publishing), reveals what annoys her about student writing (hint: she doesn’t want your ‘opinion’), explains what inspires her thinking, and describes how she ‘makes herself’ get to work.
SSH Writers on Writing: James Nikopoulos, Literature
In the second episode, Lori Enns chats with Associate Professor of Literature James Nikopoulos. Professor Nikopoulos talks about his debilitating shyness as a kid, how expository and academic writing is a type of storytelling, and how his work habits have changed over the years. In addition to snubbing both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in favor of Radiohead, Nikopoulos reveals what most frustrates him about student essays.
SSH Writers on Writing: Ben Tyler
What do computer scientists think about in their down time? How has the discipline changed in the last few years? What kind of writing do computer scientists do? Watch Lori Enns interview Associate Department Chair and Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Dr. Ben Tyler.
