Jim Groom

CUNY WRITING FELLOW, SEPT 2001- AUG 2003

CUNY: College of Staten Island, Staten Island, N.Y.

Working with professors from diverse disciplines throughout the college to integrate writing into the course curriculum; regular discussions with faculty about issues in cross-curricula composition and rhetoric; and regular meetings with a cohort of writing fellows to share strategies and experience.

• Collaborated with Economics, Math and Film faculty to integrate writing into the course curriculum for introductory classes
• Meeting weekly with professors to discuss the status of current writing projects and to discuss upcoming projects
• Implementing writing journal for outside readings and paper projects as well as cultivating in-class exercises that use writing to help generate ideas and facilitate discussion
• Attending weekly meetings with writing fellow coordinator to discuss pedagogical methodology