ASU Common Read, Oct 26, 2023.
TomorrowTalks 2023-24, TBA
Past selections & events
2022-2023: "The Undocumented Americans" by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Jonathan Franzen: 'Crossroads' (Oct. 5, 2022)
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson: 'My Monticello' (Oct. 13, 2022)
Percival Everett: 'The Trees' and 'Dr. No' (Nov. 3, 2022)
Jemele Hill: 'Uphill' (Jan. 26, 2023)
2021-2022: "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America" by Michael Eric Dyson
Jane Goodall: 'The Book of Hope' (Nov. 17, 2021)
Meg Lowman: 'The Arbornaut' (Feb. 10, 2022)
2020-2021: "We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Michael Eric Dyson: 'Long Time Coming' (Feb. 25, 2021)
Melinda Gates: 'The Moment of Lift' (Mar. 18, 2021)
Ayanna Thompson: 'Blackface (Object Lessons)' (Mar. 18, 2021)
ePortfolio Showcase
The ePortfolio Showcase is a yearly celebration of student and teacher portfolios presented through Digication. Teachers nominate their students, and a committee of Writing Programs teachers judges the nominated portfolios and selects 12 winning student portfolios to be awarded prizes. Teachers are also encouraged to submit their teaching portfolios in this contest. For questions, please email Adelheid Thieme, Associate Director of Writing Programs, at thieme@asu.edu.
Please select the links below to gain full access to the winning entries of the 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 ePortfolio Showcase for both student and teacher portfolios:
student and teacher eportfolio winners 2020
2018 eportfolio student and teacher winners
2016 - See winning ePortfolios:
See the links below to browse the 2016 Student e-Portfolios on Digication
2015 - Winners have been highlighted by the English Department CLICK HERE
Writing Programs invites you to participate in our ongoing effort to engage the ASU Charter.
In combination with Dean of Humanities George Justice’s roundtable talk at the ASU Composition Conference on February 25, every member of Writing Programs is invited to submit a developed idea for how Writing Programs can support the University Charter. The best submissions will receive cash prizes between $250 and $400!
All types of ideas, large or small, are welcome. Some examples might include:
- a production or event
- an installation or exhibit
- a collection of material
- a classroom activity
- a course curriculum
- a program-wide initiative
Key Dates & Submission Deadlines
- February 25: The initial discussion and brainstorming at #ASUCompConf17
- March 25: Deadline to submit proposals
- April 25: Deadline to submit presentations of winning proposals
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- (These may be highlighted at the e-Portfolio Showcase)
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For more complete submission information and guidelines, click here submission guidelines
Click the image below or link here for the most up to date vision of the ASU Charter
Each semester, ASU Writing Programs publishes the Writing Notes Newsletter. Writing Notes includes articles about Writing Programs initiatives, articles about teaching writing, biographies of new Writing Programs teachers, and accomplishments by Writing Programs teachers. The newsletter is produced by the Writing Notes committee and Writing Programs administrative team members.
writing programs newsletter fall 2017
writing notes fall 2013 NF