Schedule 2023

 

 

Date

Think (read)

Do (write)

Week 1: Introductions
Jan 11
  • Course review
Week 2: Writing for a Living
Jan 18
Week 3: Career Perspectives
Jan 25
  • Jablonski. “Seeing Technical Communication from a Career Perspective”
  • Walls. “The Professional Work of ‘Unprofessional’ Tweets”
Week 4: Networking and Supporting Writing Careers
Feb 1
  • Lauren & Pigg. “Networking in a Field of Introverts”
  • Rogers and Lee-Wong. “Reconceptualizing Politeness”
Week 5: Establishing a PW Identity 
Feb 8
  • Ketter & Hunter “Creating a Writer’s Identity […].
  • Johnson-Eola. “Relocating the Value of Work”
Week 6: Workplace Writing Collaboration 
Feb 15
  • Palmeri. “When Discourses Collide”
  • Noel and Robert. “Empirical Study of Collaborative Writing”
Week 7: Content Strategy
Feb 22
  • Dush. “When Writing Becomes Content.”
  • Bloomstein. “Content Strategy at Work” (Selections)
Week 8: Editing
Mar 1
  • Bisaillon. “Professional Editing Strategies Used by Six Editors.”
  • Copyediting basics
Week 9: Project Management
Mar 8
  • Project Management for Dummies, Chapter 1
☀️😎 Spring Break 🛏️😴
March 13-17
Week 11: Professional Review
Mar 22
  • Katz. The Dynamics of Writing Review, Ch. 3 & 4.
Week 12: Infrastructure & Style
Mar 29
  • Angouri & Harwood. “This Is Too Formal for Us. . .: A Case Study of Variation in the Written Products of a Multinational Consortium.”
  • S. Read. “The Infrastructure Function: A Relational Theory of Infrastructure for Writing Studies.”
Week 13: Cultural Constraints
Apr 5
  • Allen. “Feminist Standpoint Theory: A Black Woman’s (Re)View of Organizational Socialization.
  • Worth. “Who We Are at Work: Millennial Women, Everyday Equalities, and Insecure Work.”
Week 14: Connecting Text and Context
Apr 12
  • Hayes & Bajzek. “Understanding and Reducing the Knowledge Effect: Implications for Writers.”
Week 15: Professional Portfolio Workshop
Apr 19
  • Professional Portfolio Workshop
  • “In Class” Writing Prompt and Peer response
  • Due: Weekly Internship Log
  • Due: Strengths  assessment and portfolio (resubmission