Writing Consultations

Our consultants are available to work in small groups or one-on-one with writers at all levels, on all texts, in all disciplines, and at all stages in the writing process.  We focus on skill-building, offering writers the support and training needed to plan and execute revisions of their work and developing writing skills that will serve students across assignments and courses. The DEWC helps students build a sense of ownership of their work and encourages them to take charge of their own reflection and decision-making for revision. 

With attention to both the process and the product of writing - both the writer and the text - consultants can help with anything from brainstorming to final editing. 

We can help you with:

• Getting started or formulating a thesis
• Organizing your paper
• Expanding or condensing a section of your work
• Making a plan for revision
• Identifying and correcting grammar errors
• Using proper citation
• Smoothing out the style of your writing

We deal primarily with academic essays, but we are happy to work with you on anything from application essays or personal statements to creative writing. All members of our staff are trained to work in all disciplines and have access to additional resources if needed.

STEM-Intensive Writing Now Available. If you seek content-specific STEM Writing help, use this schedule to make appointments with our STEM Writing Consultants. While writing consultants can help communicate generally in the sciences, our STEM-intensive writing consultants can assist with the content-specific focus of writing in the sciences. For example:

• Graph and Table configurations
• Figure captions representative of the figures
• Data Interpretation

Writing Workshops

We often hold open houses and writing workshops for students, covering topics like transitioning to college writing, planning for capstone, avoiding common mistakes in writing, avoiding plagiarism, and developing strong thesis statements.  

Faculty Workshops 

DEWC staff and administrators also provide support for faculty in planning, developing, and drafting effective writing assignments and modeling writing in the classroom.

 If you have questions about faculty or writing workshops, please email DEWC Director Maurice Wilson for more information.

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