2 Welcome (back) to PWR for 2025-26!
To all of our returning instructors, welcome back to campus for Autumn 2025!! We’re delighted to have such a talented group of instructors teaching with us this year. Our instructor pool includes ASEs who are taking on new course assignments or trying out newly revised assignments and activities for familiar courses as well as highly experienced PTLs who are bringing their wealth of teaching experience and expertise to courses across our curriculum.
And to our cohort of 34 new-to-PWR instructors who are joining us from all three of the department’s graduate programs, a hearty welcome! You’re joining a tremendous teaching community and we’re excited to have you joining us
In this welcome letter, I’ll introduce you to the PWR team and highlight some new PWR developments and resources available in this Instructor Sourcebook.
First, In addition to our returning admin team members Jennie Baker, Nancy Bou Ayash, Abygail Gutierrez, Matthew Hitchman, Furkan Kir, Michelle Liu, Carrie Matthews, Sikose Mjali, Candice Rai, and Melissa Texidor, I’m delighted to welcome several new folks to the PWR administrative team:
- Brian Lee joined us in the spring and will launch the academic year with us as PWR Program Coordinator
- Hunter Little is joining us as PWR Orientation and Teaching Team Support
- Frank Macarthy will be Faculty Mentor for English 182, 281, and 282
- Alex Henry is starting a two-year role as a PWR Assistant Director
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Finally, if you aren’t engaging in an orientation for a new-to-you class in PWR, the writing programs’ professional development initiative asks that you participate in up to two professional development opportunities for up to three hours over each quarter that you teach in PWR. We have a terrific lineup of Teaching Cafes organized by Carrie Matthews and which will be hosted on Wednesdays from 10:30-noon (usually) in PDL A-11 with beverages and light snacks provided.
With all that, welcome back, again! I am so looking forward to seeing you all again back on campus!
Warmly,
Stephanie