Dr. Keri Franklin leads the newly formed Center for Writing in College, Career and Community at Missouri State. The organization houses the Ozarks Writing Project and College-Ready Writers Program. Dr. Franklin and her team is dedicating to improving writing instruction across the region. Her research will be featured in the Missouri State's next Mind's Eye … [Read more...] about Mind’s Eye features Keri Franklin’s research on writing instruction
The Ozarks Writing Project will bring high school students from across the region to campus July 13-17 for the annual Youth Writing Camp. This session is for students entering grades 9-11. Students exercise writing muscles at camp This camp offers young writers a chance to participate in highly engaging writing activities designed to inspire, improve and ignite student … [Read more...] about OWP writing camp engages high school students
English graduate student Rachel Schober has been awarded an exclusive teaching assistantship in the Czech Republic. Schober, who has her bachelor’s in English education from Missouri State, was named as one of 10 Fulbright English teaching assistants and will work in Vyškov, Czech Republic, for the 2015-16 school year. About the assistantship Schober will work about 20 … [Read more...] about OWP graduate student awarded prestigious assistantship
The Ozarks Writing Project will host its semiannual Writing and Thinking Seminar: Teachers Teaching Teachers in Cross-Curricular Writing on Thursday, Oct. 2, in Plaster Student Union room 314. Meeting from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., the seminar provides an opportunity for educators from a variety of content areas to gain professional development and earn college credit. What can be … [Read more...] about Ozarks Writing Project to host teaching seminar
Dr. Keri Franklin’s research is in the field of writing, literacy, and teacher development. Currently, she is in the second year of a grant-funded quasi-experimental study of the impact of writing professional development on high school writing. She is the founding director of the Ozarks Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, and director of the English … [Read more...] about Dr. Franklin looks forward to Faculty Writing Retreat