April 21, 2025
Associate Professor Lauren Obermark and Assistant Teaching Professor Lauren Terbrock-Elmestad worked to revamp the curriculum of the university's first-year writing course, including the addition of a community advocacy project. ...
The next step is thinking about how writing matters in communities. It’s the portion of the class students spend the most time on, and it’s the aspect Obermark and Terbrock-Elmestad are most excited about. It consists of a final community advocacy project, where students research a local issue they want to address. They review existing research and literature on the issue and also conduct primary research such as interviews, field observations or surveys. Ultimately, students present their findings and proposed solutions via some sort of digital platform, typically a website.
