Instructors across campus have been growing increasingly concerned about generative AI’s role as students work on writing assignments for their courses. At the Writing Center, we believe human interactions are key for students to develop their writing skills in all disciplines. The Writing Fellows Program offers one way to ensure students interact with actual human readers as part of the writing process, which leads to more substantial revisions as well as more effective learning.
Writing Fellows are primarily undergraduate Writing Center consultants who support faculty and students in particular classes across the disciplines. Fellows work closely with and are mentored by the faculty members teaching the course. Each fellow works one-to-one with 8-12 students on specific writing assignments, giving written feedback on rough drafts and holding face-to-face conferences to help students make revisions before submitting final drafts. Writing Fellows talk through ideas and problems with students to help them figure out how to express their own ideas as clearly and effectively as possible. They are not editors or proofreaders; rather, they are peers who work to help students meet their writing goals in these courses and become stronger, more confident writers and thinkers.
In collaboration with the Center for Transformative Teaching, the Writing Center seeks faculty members interested in incorporating Writing Fellows into one of their courses in fall 2025. New faculty partners will receive a $250 stipend for their participation. To be eligible, faculty members should be teaching a course in the fall with an enrollment between 8-32 students. The course should include at least two significant writing assignments, with a schedule that allows for students to meet one-on-one with Writing Fellows and revise drafts of these assignments.
Learn more at the Writing Fellows Program website. If you have questions, contact Rachel Azima, Writing Center Director and Director of the Writing Fellows Program at razima2@unl.edu or Ben Reed, Associate Director of the Writing Center and Writing Fellows program, at breed9@unl.edu.
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