André Ariew
Director, A&S Writing Fellows Program
Associate Professor, Philosophy

I am an historian and philosopher of science particularly interested in the development of evolutionary theory from Darwin to the current day. I am currently finishing a book manuscript about Darwin’s applications of statistical methods that aided him in developing his ideas about evolution. 

We owe the existence and funding of the A&S Writing Fellows Program to generous gift donations provided to the College of Arts & Science. In its pilot year, we targeted our efforts to associate professors primarily in the humanities who were finishing up book manuscripts which would allow them to get promoted to full professor. For the next cohort we have accepted faculty from all tenure track ranks. I am hoping that the program will continue to grow as more faculty realize the benefits of the program.
 

Christy Goldsmith
Associate Director, Campus Writing Program
Assistant Teaching Professor of English Education 

Through my narrative inquiry into English teachers’ identities as writers and as teachers-of-writing, I explore the tensions inherent in teaching writing in secondary schools. My other scholarly interests revolve around the teaching and learning of disciplinary literacy, including professional development design and practice at the secondary and postsecondary levels.
 
I became the co-director of this group rather serendipitously and accidentally. It has been the happiest accident of my academic career thus far. Interaction with the cohort’s diversity of disciplines, approaches, and writing styles has made me a stronger writer. Not only have I been held accountable to achieving my short- and long-term writing goals, this community has bolstered my feelings of scholarly belonging.