Acknowledgments

We hope that you will find the materials in this sourcebook useful as you prepare to teach with writing. We are grateful to the many instructors who have generously shared their materials.

We’d especially like to acknowledge the following people whose time, materials, and wisdom have helped develop the L&S Program in Writing Across the Curriculum at UW-Madison:

Former (and first) director of the WAC Program

Professor Stan Henning (1984–1990)

Former assistant directors of the WAC Program

Paige Byam (1990–1991)
Tom Curtis (1991–1993)
Rocco Marinaccio (1993–1995)
Kirsten Jamsen (1996–1998)
Rebecca Schoenike Nowacek (1999–2000)
Bonnie Smith (2000–2002)
Matthew Pearson (2004–2005)
Alice Robison (2002-2004, 2005–2006)
Kate Vieira (2006–2008)
Beth Godbee (2008–2010)
Rebecca Lorimer (2010–2011)
Stephanie White (2011–2013)
Elisabeth Miller (2013-2015)
Kathleen Daly (2015-2017)
Mike Haen (2017-2019)

We also want to extend many, many thanks to the proofreaders who generously volunteered their time and carefully reviewed excerpts of the sourcebook.

Thanks, also, to Kathleen Daly, the sourcebook cover designer and the introductory page designer.

As you plan and teach your course, we strongly recommend you take a look at sections of an excellent book: Engaging Ideas: A Professor’s Guide to Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom by John C. Bean (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2nd edition, Sept. 2011).

Bean showcases a variety of interesting assignments, ones that engage students in solving challenging intellectual problems in different disciplines. He also suggests valuable and practical ways we can get the best work from our students, help them succeed with our writing assignments, deal with issues of grammar and correctness, and evaluate students’ papers fairly and efficiently.

The UW library has digital and physical copies of Bean’s Engaging Ideas, and copies are often available in used bookstores and online.