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On Red-Penned, we’re going to investigate what writing looks like in higher ed and change the way we look at writing in and beyond the classroom altogether. Despite some common misconceptions, writing isn’t limited to the five paragraph essays you wrote about Romeo and Juliet back in your sophomore year of high school English class years ago. Writing education takes many forms: It’s teaching students how to write thorough lab reports and how to juggle scientific accuracy with differing levels of scientific literacy among scientists and public audiences. It’s teaching students how to articulate dance moves into concrete actions and descriptions, in the hopes of better capturing the indescribable art form of dance in words. It’s teaching students how to write about history, how to write about literary theory, and how to write about philosophy. Writing in higher ed should prepare students to communicate with a variety of audiences and to share their findings confidently, in their academic careers and beyond.
In the last episode of Season Seven of RedPenned, the host for this season, Maya Gotschall, keeps it short and sweet as she says a farewell to all of her listeners and recounts all of the learning and experiences that she had as the host of this podcast and as the Spring 2024 intern for UGA’s Writing Intensive Program.
In the fifth episode of this season of RedPenned, host Maya Gotschall is joined by UGA musicology and ethnomusicology professor Dr. Jared Holton to talk all about his experience with writing in the field of music and music comprehension. Dr. Holton talks about his past and present research on Middle Eastern, Arabic, and archival music—tune in to hear all about it!
In the fourth episode of this season of RedPenned, host Maya Gotschall is joined by Dr. Nancee Reeves, an award-winning teacher in the Department of English at UGA, to talk about her experience with writing articles on teaching and learning, as well as literary criticism on topics like fantasy and science fiction literature. Dr. Reeves is currently focused on enriching her classes with innovative pedagogy and exploring fantastical fungi. Listen now to learn more!
On the third episode of the seventh season of RedPenned, host Maya Gotschall is joined by UGA Entertainment and Media Studies professor Dr. Laurena Bernabo to explore the application of writing within her field of study in the world of academia. Dr. Bernabo’s current research revolves around the portrayal of different races, genders, and sexualities in media and pop culture with an emphasis on language dubbing and translation.
This episode of RedPenned host Maya Gotschall is joined by UGA senior Abbie Herrin who’s currently studying Entertainment and Media Studies and Graphic Design. Gotschall and Herrin delve into what it takes to be an artist and how much writing that actually entails, ranging from process to descriptive to art history to copywriting!
In the very first episode of the seventh season of RedPenned, listeners are introduced to the season format of “The Writers,” starting off with a deep dive into the writing surrounding the study of history. Host Maya Gotschall talks with UGA senior Tatum Calloway, who’s currently studying Entertainment and Media Studies and History to learn more about the research and style of writing that a History degree entails.
In this final episode of RedPenned, host Katie Burdett and guests look at a the chicken and egg conundrum that is CS and AI (and a little bit of political philosophy). Is a program made to help people is becoming one of the most threatening presences to art that culture has seen yet? Do CS academics stand by this invention? Are there ways it was meant to be used or is the original purpose getting farther and farther from out grasp? All this and more on the AI and Writing Finale.
In this season of RedPenned…
Host Maya Gotschall and esteemed guests will delve into the concept of writing as a whole, its applications to different fields of study and work. From one end of the scope we’ll be discussing music, art, and of course- literature. On the other end, Maya will be interviewing people who work in the subjects of science and academics.
How do these people in these vastly different fields approach the concept of writing? How does it change between the reports, essays, resumes, etc.? And is it all still writing…? Of course it is! Tune in this season to hear all about it.
Entertainment and Media Studies poses a interesting intersection with AI. As the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike persists, how much of this strike can be attributed to AI? Moreover, what is AI seeking to do in the entertainment space? What can be asked of global media? How is AI affecting pop culture across cultures? In a conversation on AI, host Katie Burdett and esteemed guest Dr. Benjamin Han explore how audience, drama, and AI are electrifying the entertainment space.
In this episode, host Anya Ricketson explores science communication and ornithology with the help of guest Josiah Lavender, a fourth year Ecology major. Josiah and Anya chat about ways to understand how your audience impacts your writing, how to effectively incorporate photos into an article, and how to communicate science to the general public. Josiah also discusses how his fathers career as a journalist impacted his writing style and how getting the public involved in science can help conservation efforts. A link to Josiah’s article can be found here. Learn all about science communication on this episode of Red Penned.
In this episode, host Anya Ricketson explores writing in education and cumulative essay writing with the help of guest Ida Klausen, a third year Elementary Education major with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Ida and Anya chat about how essay writing can become easier when the assignment is applicable to the real life operation of a discipline. Ida also explains how reading is taught to children, and questions how effectively the education system helps future teachers learn to teach writing. Learn how reading and writing are taught to future generations on this episode of Red Penned.
Ida Klausen is an Elementary Education major with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages. She is also the musical director of the EcoTones, an environmental activism acapella group. In her free time she enjoys music, hiking, laying in her hammock, and everything else about the outdoors.
In this episode, host Anya Ricketson explores essay writing and poetry analysis with the help of guest Lauren Mattson, a third year English Major with a Minor in Film. Lauren and Anya reexamine the format of the classic five paragraph essay, considering how the intro, body, and conclusion can be tweaked to fit the style of any writer. They also consider why different kinds of writing are important, from poetry, which, though she wrote her paper on it, Lauren claims to not like, to advertising and day to day writing. Learn how to further your skills in essay writing on this episode of Red Penned.
Lauren Mattson is a third year English Major with a Minor in Film. She also plans on adding two certificates to her degree, the Digital Humanities Certificate and Creative Writing Certificate. After graduation, Lauren plans to pursue grad school, she also has a novel side project she plans to continue work on. In her free time, Lauren enjoys reading, Dungeons and Dragons, her cat, Pickles.
In this episode, host Anya Ricketson explores writing scientific papers with the help of guest Ana Milewski, an undergraduate microbiology major with a minor in applied biotechnology. Anya and Ana go over the formatting of scientific papers, which goes Objective>Abstract>Procedures>Experiments and Results>Conclusions>Future directions>References. They also discuss why person, tense and voice are so important in scientific writing, and talk about the growing field of science communications. Learn about why writing is so important to the future of science on this episode of Red Penned.
This season will be hosted by Anya Ricketson, a third-year English major at UGA. This season is called Intro, Body, Conclusion, and in it, Anya will be focusing on writing assignments—everything from scientific research papers and journal articles to poetry analysis and creative writing. Get ready for a journey to gain a better understanding of how different types of people approach writing in their fields. Let's investigate and rethink what writing looks like in higher education together!
In this episode, host Matthew Karshna interviews Zachery Mimbs, a graphic design specialist here in Athens GA. Zachery is an expert in his field and is currently working for Sweet Tea Marketing. We will be discussing the part writing has played in Zachery’s life in school and how that has gotten him to this point in his life—and where it WILL get him.
On this episode, host Matthew Karshna interviews Josie Green, a senior in high school at Clarke Central in Athens. Josie plans to attend UGA with a passion to eventually study in Japan. We discuss the part writing has played in Josie’s life in school and language learning. All stages of school can be difficult, and if you don’t have a strong writing foundation in high school, it can certainly be difficult in college. Not just this, but as a bilingual individual, writing plays a very important role in this journey of becoming able to speak multiple languages and is and will be an essential part of Josie’s life, especially when it takes her to Japan.
In this episode, host Matthew Karshna interviews Jakar Oropallo, a martial artist instructor at X3 Sports in Athens. Jakar is a college student, as well, and has been practicing martial arts for most of his life. We will be discussing the part writing has played in Jakar’s life in school, college, and even in his martial arts career. Although martial arts and writing appear to have no similarities, this may not be the case as Jakar and I will discuss in our interview; perhaps martial arts and writing share more in common than meets the eye at first glance.
In this episode, Season 4 host Matthew Karshna interviews Landen Todd, a student at UGA and an aspiring journalist. Landen is a podcaster and sports writer and a senior in the Grady School of Journalism. We will be discussing the ways in which journalists approach writing compared to others that are unique to their world and vital to their craft—and very public work. Altogether, a journalist’s writing style and strategies inform the influence journalism has on society, culture, and thought, spanning areas from sports to politics. Sports writing, we learn from Landen, can teach us so much about how important writing is and what journalists think about as they craft content for public consumption. Get ready to hear what a journalist thinks about writing.
My name is Matthew Karshna, and this season on Red Penned, we are going to be thinking critically about writing—and who writes, and for what purposes, and what it looks like inside and beyond the classroom. Join the Writing Intensive Program and me, your host, for this new and exciting season called “Writing is Life?”, where we will discover just how important writing is for a variety of individuals—including working students and a martial artist—in a variety of fields—from media and design to education. For these individuals and in these contexts, communication skills are key; writing just looks a little different. So why is this important? Writing is something that we will ALL have to do at some point, and not only this, but we will all put our own twist on it in order to accomplish beautiful things, hard things, important things—all the things. We are all writers.
Today, we are exploring the mysterious world of undergraduate theses and longform essays. Molly will be sharing her experience writing a final thesis paper as a Franklin College history undergraduate. We will also be talking about using the library and other UGA resources in order to build your research. Learn more about how students write theses and final projects, and learn some tips for how to write them!
In today’s episode we will be exploring our favorite spots to get work done around Athens and on UGA's campus. Mary Carroll will be sharing her go-to study locations around town with help from her co-hosts Maille and Jaylin.
This season, we look at writing tips, places, and projects. In Episode 1, we share highlights from On Writing Well by William Zinsser. In Episode 2, we explore Athens and UGA to uncover the best places to write. And in Episode 3, we dive deep into the mysterious world of undergraduate thesis projects.
In the opening episode of this season of Red Penned, our co-host Jaylin Small will give an overview of On Writing Well by William Zinsser. This episode offers fresh insight on how to write and helps writers re-build the core skills that make writing great. In this short, yet informative episode, our hope is that it will interest students in exploring both the foundations of writing and this book.
Welcome back to the fourth and final episode of Season 2 of Red Penned: Writing Objectively for the Natural Sciences. Host Karson Corbitt gives more information about the IMRAD model frequently used in scientific writing and speaks with guest Sabrina Cline about her experience writing for the natural sciences. Sabrina Cline is a graduate student studying cellular biology, a managing editor for The Classic Journal, and published author of a scientific article.
Sponsored by the University of Georgia's Writing Intensive Program
How to find us:
website: https://wip.uga.edu/
Instagram: @wipatuga
Twitter: @writeatuga
Special Guest: Sabrina Cline
Music: www.bensound.com Resources:Lumen Learning: Writing in the Natural and Social Sciences
Welcome to Episode 3 of this season of Red-Penned: Revising Our Outlook on Writing Curriculum in Higher Education. This episode is titled "Writing About Human Activities" and features a discussion about academic writing for the social sciences. Host Karson Corbitt talks with Heather Sue Rosen, a Doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Georgia, former Writing Intensive Program teaching assistant, and managing editor for The Classic Journal.
Sponsored by the University of Georgia's Writing Intensive Program
How to find us:
website: https://wip.uga.edu/
Instagram: @wipatuga
Twitter: @writeatuga
Special Guest: Heather Sue Rosen
Music: www.bensound.com Resources:Lumen Learning: Writing in the Natural and Social Sciences
Welcome to Episode 2 of Season 2 of Red-Penned: Revising Our Outlook on Writing Curriculum in Higher Education. This episode is "Writing the Human Experience," where host Karson Corbitt outlines the qualities of teaching writing for the humanities. Writing Intensive Program Teaching Assistant Tara Kraft is featured as a guest, using her experience supporting different Art History courses to explain some of the struggles faced by her students learning to write for the humanities, as well as the skills they've gained during the class.
Sponsored by the University of Georgia's Writing Intensive Program
How to find us:
website: https://wip.uga.edu/
Instagram: @wipatuga
Twitter: @writeatuga
Special Guest: Tara Kraft
Music: www.bensound.com
Resources:
Lumen Learning: Writing in the Humanities