{"id":1401,"date":"2023-06-22T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2023-06-22T22:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T22:32:27","slug":"greater-madison-writing-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/greater-madison-writing-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Madison Writing Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

As department chair during the pandemic, I had less opportunity than I thought I would have to overhaul programs and build more efficient and more equitable structures in the department. There were just too many fires to put out, and a lot of energy went into successfully shifting hundreds of classes into remote delivery mode and back during a time of crisis. However, we did build consensus and support for the creation of the Center for the Teaching and Research on Writing<\/a>, which for the first time brings all the (non-creative) writing-focused programs and units the department is home to — composition (English 100 and 200), ESL, the Writing Center, Writing Fellows, Writing across the Curriculum — under one roof and under the leadership of an Executive Director (my colleague Michael Bernard-Donals). As part of the process, the Greater Madison Writing Project<\/a> transitioned from the School of Education to the English Department, massively increasing the outreach arm of our operations. An English Department at a great public university should be connected to the professional development of K-12 teachers, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

I was happy to see that the University today highlights the GMWP’s work, also highlighting distinguished English (Creative Writing) and First Wave alum, poet (and Truman Scholar) Deshawn McKinney.<\/p>\n

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