Graduate Seminar on the Teaching of Writing

The Graduate Instructor Seminar on the Teaching of Writing provides graduate students from across schools and disciplines at UVA with advanced skills in writing instruction. Specifically, graduate instructors will learn how to introduce undergraduates and others to the varieties of writing that are central to their professional fields and disciplines; to design writing-related in-class activities specific to their fields and disciplines; and to respond efficiently and productively to student writing and other writing in-process.During this four-day seminar, offered online from Monday-Thursday, August 11-14, 2025, instructors will share research on the teaching of writing and models of assignments and other practical resources, respond to participant-generated teaching materials, provide practical pedagogical suggestions, and facilitate discussion among participants. The seminar’s format will include a combination of brief presentations, interactive workshops (using breakout rooms), and group discussion. The seminar is projected to require a total of 24 engagement hours over 4 days; participation is synchronous and interactive. A required 1-hour follow-up session during the Fall 2025 term will anticipate and reflect upon the participants’ initial application of the seminar’s work in their own subsequent work. Up to twenty graduate students will be chosen to participate, and each will receive approximately $625 in wages. (Rate is $25/hour and includes hours expected for synchronous meeting times, preparation, the follow-up session, and completing simple surveys for the program's self-assessment. Please note that as wages, appropriate taxes will be withheld.) Participants will also receive a stipend for books and materials, which participants should order independently. Apply HERE by Friday, May 16th: https://phdplus.virginia.edu/form/writing-pedagogy-applications