Thinking with: Supervisory Writing Feedback as an Act of Care
The Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Graduate Supervision Support Hub, in collaboration with Faculty Affairs is pleased to host our second Graduate Faculty Meet Up. For this meeting of our YorkU Graduate Supervision Community of Practice, FGS has invited learned Professors Marlene Bernholtz and Dunja Baus from the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Writing Centre to facilitate practical conversation regarding the supervisor’s role in growing graduate student writing skills. Starting with your own reflections on your supervisory - and graduate student - experiences with dissertation/major paper writing, Marlene and Dunja will offer practical strategies and techniques for guiding the writing process by helping students establish productive writing practices, offering constructive feedback, andÌý creating the kind of reciprocal relationship that encourages graduate student development and professionalization.ÌýBe the first to access the FGS Graduate Supervision Support Hub’s new resource for supervisors aimed at assisting your work supporting graduate student writing.
Marlene Bernholtz and Dunja Baus are professors in the Writing Department, where they teach in both the Professional Writing Program and in the ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Writing Centre. Their interests include integrating academic literacies into discipline-specific programs through a read-to-write pedagogical model, multilingual writing pedagogies, and the affective impact of institutional space on student learning.Ìý
Date: Thursday, October 23rd
Time: 10.00 - 11.30am (*light breakfast provided)
Location: 305 York Lanes
