Winter 2025 GCWP Schedule

4 units. Seminar, three hours. Survey of the literature on academic writing across the curriculum. Examination of writing conventions, genres, and styles in grad students’ academic disciplines, with a focus on evolving academic discourse in emerging and hybrid areas of inquiry. Development of best practices for adapting writing pedagogy to changes in disciplinary academic discourse, with discussion of challenges for multilingual learners. S/U or letter grading.  

Tuesdays 10am-12:50pm
Instructor: Laurel Westrup (lwestrup@humnet.ucla.edu)

1-4 units. Independent study by permission. Reflective teaching experience, practicum experience, specialized curriculum development project, or independent research project under guidance of faculty mentor. Individual contract required (please contact the certificate coordinator for more information). Prerequisite: admission to the Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy. S/U grading. 

Course schedule decided by student and instructor
Instructor: Jeremy Kelley (jkelley@humnet.ucla.edu)

2 units. Seminar, 90 minutes. Prerequisite: Grad PD 496A or instructor permission. Systematic and reflective use of research methods to develop teaching practices in order to advance the learning experiences and outcomes of students and teachers. Students produce a proposal for a teaching-as-research (TAR project). The course guides students through the planning of a TAR project by identifying a research question and designing an intervention to assess the effectiveness of their teaching. This course is the second course in the series of the Scholars of Teaching and Research (STAR) program. S/U grading. 

Tuesdays 1-2:50pm
Instructor: Benjamin Hà (bha@ceils.ucla.edu)

4 units. Seminar, three hours. Required of all English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching assistants and open to students seeking a Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy. Focus on pedagogical issues specifically related to academic reading and composition skills for second language learners, including course design, assessment of student writing, conferencing, and specialized problems that may occur in teaching English as a Second Language courses. S/U grading.  

Wednesdays 10am-12:50pm
Instructor: Jeremy Kelley (jkelley@humnet.ucla.edu)

2 units.  Mentorship meetings arranged with instructor. Requisite: course 495C. Required of all teaching assistants who are assigned to English Composition 3 courses. Focus on composition pedagogy, writing course design, assessment of student writing, and specialized problems that may occur in teaching English Composition 3. S/U grading.  

Course schedule decided with TAs
Instructor: Tara Prescott-Johnson (tprescot@ucla.edu)

2 units. Seminar, two hours. Recommended for all teaching assistants planning to teach English composition as part of AAP’s Summer Bridge programs. Focus on pedagogy that serves heterogeneous classrooms, with an emphasis on diversity of race, socioeconomic status, citizenship status, and academic preparedness. Practical concerns include lesson planning and professionalization for composition instructors. S/U grading.

Course schedule TBD
Instructor: Darien Battle Johnson (darienbattle@g.ucla.edu)

2 units.  Seminar, three hours. Required of all teaching assistants for Writing II courses not exempt by appropriate departmental or program training and open to students seeking a Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy. Training focused on composition pedagogy, assessment of student writing, guidance of revision process, and specialized writing problems that may occur in disciplinary contexts. Practical concerns of creating assignments, marking and grading essays, and conducting peer reviews and conferences. S/U grading.  

Mondays 4-6:50pm
Instructors: Maja Manojlovic (mmanojlo@ucla.edu) and TAC Jordan Hugh Sam

2 units. Mentorship meetings arranged with instructor. Required of all teaching assistants for Writing II courses not exempt by appropriate departmental or program training. Mentoring conferences and teaching observations, with focus on student-centered pedagogy, assessment of student writing, guidance of revision process, and specialized writing problems that may occur in disciplinary contexts. Practical concerns of creating assignments, marking and grading essays, and conducting peer reviews and conferences. S/U grading.  

Course schedule decided with TAs
Instructor: Greg Rubinson (rubinson@g.ucla.edu) 

2 units.  Seminar, two hours (5 weeks).  Required of all GE Clusters teaching assistants in the quarter prior to their first Clusters seminar and open to students seeking the Graduate Certificate in Writing Pedagogy. Training focused on developing a writing-intensive seminar with emphasis on identifying course objectives, choosing appropriate readings, sequencing and scaffolding curriculum, drafting integrated assignments, and foregrounding writing in a discipline-specific context.  Production of a syllabus for a seminar that satisfies UCLA’s Writing II requirement. S/U grading.   

Section 1
Thursdays 4-5:50pm
Instructor: Peggy Davis (peggy@humnet.ucla.edu) and TAC Dominique Stumbaugh

Section 2
Tuesdays 10-11:50am
Instructor: Gabriel Page (gabrielpage@g.ucla.edu) and TAC Dominique Stumbaugh

Section 3
Wednesdays 4-5:50pm
Instructor: Tamar Christensen (tamarchristensen@humnet.ucla.edu) and TAC Dominique Stumbaugh

Section 4
Wednesdays 10-11:50am
Instructor: Liz Galvin Lew (lgalvin@humnet.ucla.edu) and TAC Dominique Stumbaugh

Contact Peggy Davis (peggy@humnet.ucla.edu) for more information 

2 units. Seminar, two hours. Recommended for all teaching assistants planning to teach English composition as part of AAP’s Summer Bridge programs. Focus on pedagogy that serves heterogeneous classrooms, with an emphasis on diversity of race, socioeconomic status, citizenship status, and academic preparedness. Practical concerns include lesson planning and professionalization for composition instructors. S/U grading.

Tuesdays 2-3:50pm
Instructor: Darien Battle Johnson (darienbattle@g.ucla.edu)