Dr. Jody R. Rosen and I wrote this article to argue that the kinds of undergraduate research (UR) opportunities most useful to students at HSIs and MSIs are offered through an across-the-curriculum (ATC) approach. We define an ATC approach to UR as inclusive of traditional UR and broading participation in research through informal research activities at all levels of curriculum and without special facilities, that employ experiential, problem-based skills and practices.
Category Archives: Publication
Digital Mirrors: Multimodal Reflection in the Composition Classroom
A stop-motion video I composed called “Reflection Redux” (along with videos of some colleagues) about the role of reflection in teaching writing.
What about the “Google Effect”? Improving the Library Research Habits of First-Year Composition Students
A framework that I developed for scaffolding meta-cognitive analysis in student research writing using basic information literacy skills.
Understanding NextGen Students’ Information Search Habits: A Usability Perspective
I was lead author for a usability study of how Google’s search bar functionality impacts college students’ ability to use and interpret Boolean logic in academic library database searches.
Understanding NextGen Students Information Search Habits — link to PDF
Active Learning through Serious Play in Mobile Co-Curricular Spaces
A short academic introduction to the LEGO Serious Play mobile lab that Prof. Jason Ellis and I developed through multiple PSC-CUNY and other seed grants. We use this lab to design and deliver co-curricular workshops that support the mission of general education at City Tech.
Implications of Redefining “Working Class” in the Urban Composition Classroom
Co-written and co-edited book chapter with Prof. Aaron Barlow focusing on how the current treatment of “class” in pedagogical scholarship on writing is ineffective in an intensely multi-cultural learning environment.
This chapter is in an edited collection published by the Utah State University Press, which is a top-tier, peer-reviewed university press publisher in the field of writing studies.
