Writing Across Communities

What We Do

Writing Across Communities at St. John’s University encourages and supports faculty and students who strive to use writing to sustain diverse academic, cultural, civic, and professional communities across and beyond the university.

Faculty Writing Retreat Fall 2024

Pictured: St. John University's Faculty at the Weekend Faculty Writing Retreat at Thomas Berry Place.

Learn More about Writing Across Communities

Below are our upcoming events for the Spring 2025 semester.

Write Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks Faculty Workshop flyer
Deep Rivers: Reading and Discussion by Sharon Marshall flyer
Dissertation Deep Dive Flyer
Graduate Writing Workshop Preparing for the Job Market as a Graduate Student flyer
Spring Youth Writers' Conference flyer

Writing Across Communities supports faculty writing and research initiatives. Here are some examples of past events:

Publish and Flourish flyer for faculty. Discussions lead by faculty experts including Dr. Robert Romano (Department of Legal Studies), Dr. Sophie Bell (Department of Core Studies), Dr. Dohra Ahmad (Department of English), and Dr. Philip Lee (Law School).
Fall 2024 Faculty Writing Retreat flyer
Write Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks Flyer
Fall 2023 Faculty Writing Retreat Flyer

Writing Across Communities supports various student writing initiatives. Currently, we have a Graduate Student Writing Group that will be meeting on the following Wednesdays: February 12th, February 19th, February 26th, March 12th, and April 2nd. 

 

Below are examples of past student events. 

Graduate Writing Workshop 2: Writing Literature Reviews flyer
Graduate Student Writing Workshop: Preparing Personal Statements flyer
Fall 2024 Graduate Student Writing Workshop flyer
Spring 2024 Graduate Student Writing Workshop flyer
Fall 2023 Graduate Student Writing Workshop flyer

Writing Across Communities supports the professional development of faculty members through collaboration with Center for Faculty Success and Development. Below are examples of our recent events: 

Teaching a Critical Literacy Approach to AI Faculty Workshop flyer
AI and Writing Faculty Workshop Flyer
Multimodal Making and Zines faculty workshop flyer
Dismantling Islamophobia Ethical Engagement in Anxious Spaces faculty workshop flyer
Community Literacy in the Composition Classroom faculty workshop flyer
Reflective Writing In The STEM Disciplines Faculty Development Workshop Flyer
Translingualism and Language Justice Approaches to Feedback Faculty Workshop Flyer
Ethical Approaches to Sentence Level Feedback Faculty Workshop Flyer
Writing to Learn in STEM Disciplines faculty workshop flyer
Writing to Learn: Helping Students to Explore Complex Ideas in Diverse Contexts faculty workshop flyer
Writing and Thinking: Sustaining a Writing-Based Classroom faculty workshop flyer
Inclusive Writing Assessment Practices for Writing Classrooms faculty workshop flyer
Syrian Women's Rhetoric and Food Literacies workshop flyer

Tamara Issak, Ph.D. | Director of Writing Across Communities

Dr. Issak is associate professor of First-Year Writing in the Department of Core Studies and holds a joint appointment in the Department of English. 

 

Mariah Lanzer, MFA | Doctoral Fellow, Writing Across Communities

Mariah Lanzer is a doctoral fellow and Ph.D. student in the Department of English. 

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