Researchers as Writers | Writers as Researchers

how research and disciplinary traditions shape writing:
a series of talks by and conversations with DU Faculty

The University of Denver Writing Program announces a series of spring presentations and conversations. Faculty across campus will explain their work as researchers and writers, discussing how their individual practices relate to research and writing traditions typical in their fields.  While students in WRIT 1133 will especially gain insight from these perspectives, the events are open to the entire DU community.  The series extends through April and May and will include interpretive, qualitative, and quantitative researchers and writers. 

Next Event

Wednesday May 14 / Panel on Qualitative Research
6:30 – 8:00 pm / Boettcher Auditorium (in Boettcher Center, on Iliff Avenue)

with Prof. Dean Saitta/ Professor, Anthropology
Professor Siatta teaches courses in archaeology, evolutionary anthropology, and material culture.  He is co-director of DU's Urban Studies Program, serves on the Faculty Committee of the university's International Center for Civic Engagement, and periodically directs the London Study Abroad Program. He is currently Co-Director of the Colorado Coal Field War Archaeological Project.  His research interests are in North American archaeology, labor history, comparative architectural and urban form, and memory and monumentality.

with Prof. Theresa Conley / Professor, Marketing
Professor Conley has professional corporate experience as a marketing consultant for a variety of businesses. Her consulting practice focuses on product development, consumer segmentation analysis, branding, and positioning. In 2000, she was a Women in Cable and Telecommunications “Woman of the Year-Walk of Fame” recipient.

and with Prof. Jennifer Novak / Lecturer, University Writing Program
Professor Novak teaches courses on writing, including rhetoric and composition, research writing, technical and scientific writing, web authoring, internet communication, and business writing.  Her research interests focus on the rhetoric of medicine.  She has published on the impact of disciplinary knowledge on technological literacies and on research from activity perspectives. 

see PDF of May 14th Lecture Series

Previous Event

Tuesday, April 8 / Panel on Interpretive Research
with Prof. Ingrid Tague / Chair, History Department
and Prof. Ann Dobyns / Chair, English Department and Professor of Rhetoric and Medieval Literature
and Prof. Jeff Ludwig / University Writing Program
see PDF of April 8th Lecture Series

Wednesday, April 16 / Panel on Interpretive Research and Writing
with Prof. Luc Beaudoin / Associate Professor, Russian Language and Literature  
with Prof. Annette Stott / Director, School of Art and Art History
and Prof. John Tiedemann / Lecturer, University Writing Program
see PDF of April 16th lecture series

Tuesday, April 29 / Panel on Quantitative Research
with Prof. Robert M. Dores / Chair and Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
with Prof. Darrin Hicks / Human Communication Studies
with Prof. Jennifer L. Hoffman / Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
and Prof. Richard Colby / Lecturer, University Writing Program
see PDF of April 29th Lecture Series

Thursday May 1 / Panel on Qualitative Research
6:30 – 8:00 pm / Boettcher Auditorium (in Boettcher Center, on Iliff Avenue)
with Prof. Christina Kreps / Professor, Anthropology, Museum Studies
with Prof. Eric Fretz / Director, Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning
and with Prof. Rebekah Shultz Colby / Lecturer, University Writing Program
see PDF of May 1 Lecture Series

Monday May 5 / Panel on Quantitative Research
6:30 – 8:00 pm / Boettcher Auditorium (in Boettcher Center, on Iliff Avenue)
with Prof. Tom Knecht / Professor, Political Science
with Prof. Corinne Lengsfeld / Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
and with Prof. Richard Colby / Lecturer, University Writing Program
see PDF of May 5 Lecture Series