Faculty: learn about the Writing Fellows Program
Faculty in any discipline or program are invited to attend an informational meeting (hyrbid) to learn about the Writing Fellows Program. Writing Fellows are peer educators embedded in writing-intensive courses, where they work with faculty partners to provide whole-class instruction on writing strategies and individualized support for student writers. At the info session, faculty will talk with the program director and a current faculty partner in the program to learn about the application timeline, expectations, and benefits of working with embedded tutors.
Faculty should R.S.V.P. to only one meeting. Meetings will take place in LA 5330 or via Zoom. If you cannot attend one of these times, please contact the program director.
- Monday, November 10 @ 1:30pm
- Friday, December 12 @ 10:00am
R.S.V.P. for a meeting here [click].
Training for faculty partners takes place at the Summer Writing Pedagogy Retreat sponsored by the TU Writing Center. Faculty selected to participate will earn a $1000 stipend to participate in the 5-day professional development seminar that covers connections between thinking and writing, writing threshold concepts, writing assignment design based on disciplinary thresholds and the PACT framework, methods for providing feedback on writing, methods for grading student work and collaborative techniques for integrating Writing Fellows into a class.
2026 Application Timeline (tentative)
- Applications due March 2026
- Faculty selections in April 2026
- Training workshop in June 2026
Learn more about the program at our webpage. Please contact Mairin Barney at ebarney@towson.edu with any questions.
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This post was written by Barney, E. Mairin