Syllabus for an introductory writing course for first-year students based around a particular topic. Concentrated work in composition with readings in which students write at least four revised essays in addition to completing several exercises emphasizing writing as a process. Stress on active reading, argumentation, the appropriate presentation…[Read more]

ENWR 1510 is a writing seminar designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of academic
prose. We cover a number of writing topics in class, including the crafting of arguments,
methods of brainstorming and revision, approaches to research, and the principles of good style.
Like other classes in academic writing at the University of…[Read more]

This workbook provides a brief introduction to digital text analysis through a series of three-part units. Each unit introduces students to a concept, a tool for or method of digital text analysis, and a series of exercises for practicing the new skills. In some cases, studies of particular projects are presented instead of tools in the third…[Read more]

The paper discusses how using collaborative writing projects can offer a more inviting and inclusive mode for teaching digital humanities methodologies and praxis. Recentering assignments from focusing on technological implementation to focusing on writing projects about that work can help lower the barrier for entry in DH while still introducing…[Read more]

Frustration and anxiety are woven into the very texture of what it means to teach and learn, and as instructors we should try to center them in our pedagogy. I.e. – if we valorize failure in DH, we have to talk about and exercise how to work with the associated feelings.