Program: University Writing

Institution: Auburn University

Director: Christopher Basgier

Administrative Team:

• Katharine Brown
• Sarah Fredericks
• Jake Gebhardt
• Whitney Davis
• Lisa Griffin

Year Started: 2010

Program Website: https://auburn.edu/writing

University Writing (UW) at Auburn University was established in 2010 to enhance students’ writing and faculty’s teaching of writing. The program’s current mission is to empower writers, learners, and educators at all levels to practice and teach critical thinking and wellbeing through writing and multimodal communication. UW’s core programs include the Miller Writing Center (MWC), graduate support programs, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Academies, the ePortfolio Project, and an Open Educational Resource (OER). The MWC, named for John C.H. “Jack” Miller, is a key component of Auburn’s academic support services, offering writing assistance to all students at any point in the writing process. Graduate programs like WriteFest and Graduate Writing Partners provide specialized support for graduate student writers. WAC Academies guide departments through a structured process of identifying disciplinary concepts, reflecting on rhetorical and discursive elements for disciplinary writing, scaffolding writing assignments across courses and curricula, and assessing success. Finally, the ePortfolio Project promotes multimodal communication and reflective writing, while the OER houses over 250 instructional materials. These programs and resources support an interdisciplinary, compassionate community of writers, learners, and educators across Auburn University and beyond.