Helping Students Find Their Voice: Creative Strategies for Engaged Academic Writing

This interactive workshop explores creative, adaptable strategies for helping students develop confidence, clarity, and voice in academic writing. Participants experiment with active learning techniques and high-impact practices, leaving with ready-to-use activities that promote engagement, student choice, and authentic academic expression

TOPICS

Active Learning | High Impact Practices | Pedagogy

In this interactive workshop, faculty will explore creative ways to help students build confidence and authenticity in their academic writing. Together, we’ll experiment with found poetry to uncover tone and meaning, elevator pitch one-sentence summaries to sharpen focus and clarity, and model text readings to notice style and voice. Participants will try out these quick, adaptable strategies and discuss how to integrate them into their own courses. You’ll leave with ready-to-use activities and fresh ideas for making academic writing more engaging, empowering, and true to students’ individual voices.