RESEARCH

The initiatives, practices, and strategies of the Writing and Communication Program are based on basic and applied research. Program administrators and professors have extensive records of publication in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL).

First-year Brittain Fellows are programmatically immersed in pedagogical research and practice. They attend a weekly seminar about digital pedagogy and conduct research projects in their spring English 1101, 1102, or LCC 3401 courses. Upon successfully fulfilling seminar and research requirements, they are eligible to receive a certificate in digital pedagogy and/or technical communication pedagogy.

In addition to their pedagogical research, Brittain Fellows are active scholars in fields such as literature, rhetoric, creative writing, film studies, performance studies, critical theory, and cultural studies.

Brittain Fellows and other faculty members have an opportunity to showcase their research, as well as explain how that research directly benefits the campus and larger community, at the colloquium series, "Research into Teaching and Practice."

Some faculty members are involved in research about assessment. The Writing and Communication Program is currently developing a set of objectives, outcomes, and rubrics to help Brittain Fellows develop strong assignments and assess student performance in a consistent and thorough manner. To these ends, the Writing and Communication Program also maintains a list of WOVEN resources.

The Program`s institutional outreach initiative, Communication Across Tech, is also research based. Instructors teaching special sections or linked courses, for example, can perform research related to the challenges of interdisciplinary teaching.

The Program also offers research-based communication training of Georgia Tech employees. The professional development resources are themselves an excellent site for research.