interdisciplinary studies of writing

consultations & research resources

consultations

Katie Levin, Assistant Director and ISW Coordinator, Center for Writing. Discuss your ideas with Katie any stage of your proposal development process. Katie coordinates the ISW program, responds to Letters of Intent, and assembles the ISW grants review committee, but she is not a member of that committee; she will consult with you as a nonevaluative reader familiar with the requirements of ISW grants proposals.

CLA's Grants Support Team: CLA faculty and instructional staff may see feedback from Alexandra K. Brown (Arts & Humanities/East Bank) or Barbara Scott Murdock (Social Sciences/West Bank) when developing a Letter of Intent, a Project Summary, or even a budget. CLA's Grants Support Team can also help CLA faculty seek other sources of funding besides ISW grants.

Office of Research Consultation and Services (ORCS): Primarily (but not exclusively) for faculty and students in CEHD, ORCS offers expert assistance with research planning and study design, statistical analysis, and grant writing. ISW grant applicants may wish to include ORCS in their budgets. Contact Coordinator Bruce Center for more information.

Institutional Review Board (IRB): reviews research projects involving human subjects to ensure that standards that protect the subjects are upheld

literature

CompPile: research from 1939–today on post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse studies. Note also the list of resources and tools on the right-hand side of the page.

WAC Clearinghouse: definitions and applications of WAC theory and multiple links to research on computer mediated instruction. Includes journals, book series, and resources for teachers.

Across the Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Academic Writing: a refereed journal published by WAC Clearinghouse. Includes searchable archives.

University of Minnesota Libraries Subject Guide—Education: subject guides on education-related topics, including higher education, Minnesota education, educational technology, and many more

Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Literacy and Rhetorical Studies: a research resource listing of Minnesota collections and centers and scholarly resources on the web

Center for Writing Library: a collection of texts, journals, and reproducible handouts related to Literacy, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies; Writing Across the Disciplines (WAC); and Writing in the Disciplines (WID). These resources are available for limited check-out or use within our offices.