October 6, 2025Navigating Generative AI in Higher Educationby Jessie Moore and Nolan Schultheis Making College “Worth It” – Season 3, Episode 1 In this episode we explore how generative AI is influencing current writing pedagogies in higher education. We speak with Dr. Mandy Olejnik, Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum at Miami…
September 12, 2025A Conversation on What Matters: Collaborative Writing by Kira Campagna and Caroline J. Ketcham This blog post was written as a conversation piece involving collaborators who started as a student (written by Kira Campagna) and professor (Caroline Ketcham) and became colleagues. The post focuses on work style and the different approaches and experiences we…
August 4, 2025Alumni Perceptions of Generative AIby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 10 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Travis Maynard, Tim Peeples, and Paula Rosinski about their recent research on alumni perceptions of generative AI. Drs. Maynard, Peeples, and Rosinski share…
January 10, 2025Using Generative AI in First-Year Seminars by Amanda Sturgill Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, are becoming common in education, and many students arrive at colleges and universities with some experience using them. Often, though, that experience is tinged with concern—worries about academic integrity or fear of doing something “wrong.”…
December 19, 2023Writing Stylishly in SoTL: The Gospel According to Helen Swordby Jennie GoforthThere is endless advice out there on how to write well. Some of this advice seems universal, and some of it varies a great deal, depending on the audience, purpose, and context for your writing. Academic writing brings its own…
October 9, 2023Lifewide Writing in Collegeby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 3 In a 2021 survey of recent U.S. college graduates, conducted by the Elon Poll and the Center for Engaged Learning, 94% of participants indicated that writing was somewhat or very important…
September 11, 2023Preparing for Workplace Writingby Jessie L. Moore and Sydni BrownMaking College “Worth It” – Season 1, Episode 1 In a 2021 national survey of recent college graduates in the U.S., young professionals indicated that writing was very important to their daily lives, but only 80% reported developing the writing…
July 13, 2022Coding Participant Drawing in Writing Beyond the University Researchby Jenn Mallette and J. Michael RifenburgIn a previous blog post, Paula Rosinski detailed steps for coding visuals in writing beyond the university research. We take up Rosinki’s guidance in this post and detail how we coded participant drawing in our writing beyond the university research….
May 17, 2022Writing Transitions Between Academic and Professional Settingsby Jessie L. MooreThis is the sixth blog post in a series featuring the scholarship of research teams who participated in the CEL 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post showcases a multi-institutional…
May 4, 2022Navigating Workplace Writing as a New Professionalby Jessie L. MooreThis is the fifth blog post in a series featuring the scholarship of research teams who participated in the CEL 2019-2021 research seminar on Writing Beyond the University: Fostering Writers’ Lifelong Learning and Agency. This blog post showcases a multi-institutional…
