Today, we’re reading some selections from Frank & Treichler’s Language, Gender, and Professional Writing: Theoretical Approaches and Guidelines for Nonsexist Usage. As you formulate your response, you may find the following questions helpful: The first reading you’ll encounter discusses the history of pronoun use. What does this history of Old English pronouns reveal about English… Read More Frank & Treichler Gender & Language PTC
Today we’re reading Carleigh Davis’s article, “Feminist Rhetorical Practices in Digital Spaces” from Computers & Composition. As you prepare your response, you may find the following questions helpful: What is dialogic collaboration? How is it also a hallmark of professional/technical writing? What does this say about gender in this field? Similarly, multivocality seems to be… Read More Davis Feminist Rhetorical Practices
In “Racial Inequity in Grant Funding from the NIH,” Michael A Taffe and Nicholas W Gilpin note that “Several analyses have revealed that African-American/Black scientists are less likely to receive NIH grant funding compared with their white, Hispanic/Latinx, or Asian colleagues.” They make a persuasive argument, based on research studies, that Black scientists are awarded fewer… Read More Racism in Grant Funding
In their article, “Grant Application Review: The Case of Transparency” David Gurwitz, Elena Milanesi, and Thomas Koenig suggest that grant success rates have fallen over the past decade. They note this in part to make a call for increased transparency in grant funding How do Gurwitz, Milanesi, and Koenig characterize transparency? What steps should granting… Read More Granting Transparency
Today, you’re going to get feedback from your peers who know a lot more about science than I do. To do that, you should… Post a copy of the grant proposal you submitted here. Select two of your peers’ proposals to read. Respond to their proposals and notify the class. Do your best to select people who… Read More Grant Proposal Peer Review
Read Jonathan Weiner’s Scientific American article “From Surmise to Sunrise.” He notes that “There’s a publishing rule that every formula you use in a book cuts your potential readership in half.” As a scientist, what do you make of this claim? Write a thoughtful response to Weiner’s short essay. You may find the following questions… Read More Surmise to Sunrise
Today we are reading Janet Holmes’s chapter “The Role of Gender in Workplace Talk” from her book Gendered Talk at Work. This Atlantic ariticle suggests that sexism is still a problem in the sciences; being aware of our gendered ways of speaking may be the first step to creating an equitable workplace. For this response,… Read More Gendered Workplace
Today we’re looking at Björn Gustavii’s “How to Prepare Graphs” from How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper (2017). Write a meaningful reponse to this chapter. You may find the following questions helpful in preparing your response: What are the ways you and/or your organziation use graphs in your communications? How do you know… Read More Preparing Graphs
Check out Alley’s chapter on Audience, Purpose, and Occassion from The Craft of Scientific Writing (2018). Next, find a piece of writing from your workplace – preferably one you wrote alone or collaboratively. Analyze your writing for its audience, purpose, and occasion. If it doesn’t violate confidentiality, please provide a copy of the document. Feel… Read More Audience Purpose Occassion
Today, we’re looking at Dragga & Voss’s “Cruel Pies: The Inhumanity of Technical Illustrations.” Write your response to this article in at least 250 words. You may find the following questions helpful in your response: How can technical illustrations obscure or complicate the truth? Have you ever been party to a discussion about using an… Read More Cruel Pies
Alison A. Lukowski 