Inaugural lectures celebrate Arts and Humanities faculty who have been promoted to the rank of professor. We are particularly excited to relaunch the lecture series after an extensive pandemic-related pause.
"Aviate, Navigate, Communicate: The Essential Interdisciplinarity of Research in Writing Studies"
Susan Lang (English)
How does the crisis management mantra, “Aviate, Navigate, Communicate,” intersect with and in some ways exemplify the interdisciplinary nature of Writing Studies? As it turns out, perhaps in more ways than one would think. In addressing this question, I’ll first draw on past and current collaborations that demonstrate the need for writing studies researchers to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Next, I’ll identify critical gaps our knowledge of writing and writing instruction that must be addressed as both the nature of writing and larger post-secondary institution curricular structures change. Finally, I’ll outline a program of research that can address some of these gaps, from identifying how writing is evolving in STEM disciplines to examining the role of AI in writing and writing instruction, and that emphasizes the essential interdisciplinarity of writing studies at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century.
The Arts and Humanities Inaugural Lecture Series is sponsored by The Humanities Collaboratory and The College of Arts and Sciences.