University Writing is accepting applications for Graduate Assistants through February 2. Graduate Assistants support University Writing through peer writing consulting and program assistant work and must be available to work 20 hours per week from May 2025 - May 2026. 

University Writing also offers several college-specific assistantships, where GAs focus on projects that support writers within their colleges. Read more about these positions using the links below. 

• College of Liberal Arts Graduate Writing Assistantship
• College of Human Sciences Graduate Writing Assistantship
• College of Science and Mathematics Graduate Writing Assistantship
• College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment Writing Fellow Assistantship

University Writing is accepting applications for Miller Writing Center Peer Consultants through March 2. MWC Peer Consultants are the primary providers of support to student writing at Auburn University. They assist clients with writing projects through one-on-one and small group tutoring sessions. Consultants work 10+ hours per week.

The Miller Writing Center is open for the spring semester from January 21 to May 2. We are open on Sunday from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m., Monday - Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We are closed March 9-14 for Spring Break. Auburn students, faculty, and staff can get free, one-on-one feedback from a Miller Writing Center peer consultant on any kind of writing at any point in the process. Make up to three in-person, online, or asynchronous appointments per week through Advise Assist. 

Learn more about the Miller Writing Center.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Student-facing workshops occupy an entire class period or program meeting. Led by a member of the University Writing Team, these workshops are highly interactive, usually featuring individual and small group activities. Please submit your workshop request at least 30 days prior to the date when you want the workshop to be facilitated. 

Graduate students working on longer projects—such as a thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication—are invited to register for WriteFest. Over four sessions, participants will explore and practice mindfulness-based habits and skills that support their well-being and productivity while writing. During each session, participants will also have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment, with refreshments provided. Graduate students can register to participate either in person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: February 5, February 19, March 5, and March 19. 

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Graduate students working on longer projects—such as a thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication—are invited to register for WriteFest. Over four sessions, participants will explore and practice mindfulness-based habits and skills that support their wellbeing and productivity while writing. During each session, participants will also have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment, with refreshments provided. Graduate students can register to participate either in person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: February 5, February 19, March 5, and March 19.

University Writing is pleased to welcome Dr. Rebecca Nowacek, Dr. Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, and Dr. Angela Rounsaville as presenters for the 3rd Annual Ralph "Shug" Jordan Lecture and Workshop. 

Lecture: Relationality in Writing Transfer Research

Faculty across disciplines often ask: How can I help my students use their prior learning in my class? How can I prepare my students to repurpose their knowledge beyond my classroom? This talk addresses these questions by exploring how students’ transfer of learning can be aided through the concept and practice of relationality. Based on a decade-long project that synthesized transfer literature from fields as varied as cognitive and industrial psychology, human resources, second language writing, writing across the curriculum, sports, medical, and aviation education, and more, presenters will describe how seeming paradoxes–e.g., learners transfer knowledge both deliberately and automatically; transfer skills are transportable but also bound to context–actually reveal how writers, teachers, texts, and contexts are relational, depending on each other for learning to occur. As our talk explores, such a relational approach, when put into practice, has the potential to engage the “dynamic, emergent, embodied, messy” (Prior and Olinger 137) qualities of writing and learning, with the promise of increased transfer to and from our courses.

Workshop: Using Transfer Research to Teach Writing in the Disciplines

This workshop will explore how transfer research can be used to teach with writing in college classrooms. The workshop is based on a decade-long research project in which workshop facilitators engaged in a collaborative transdisciplinary analysis of transfer literature from fields as varied as cognitive and industrial psychology, human resources, second language writing, writing across the curriculum, sports, medical, and aviation education, and more. Through hands-on activities, the workshop will consider how concepts from studies of knowledge transfer can productively shape disciplinary writing pedagogy.

The workshop will include three parts. First, facilitators will share a brief presentation of four conceptual themes–intentionality, fidelity, directionality, and simultaneity--that emerged from their research study. Second, participants will work in small groups to generate one writing activity or assignment based on one conceptual transfer theme. As they work together, participants will develop a rationale for their assignment/activity connected to their own instructional and discipline-specific contexts. Finally, participants will share and provide feedback on groups’ generated activities or assignments. Participants will leave the workshop with an understanding of transfer research as well as a blueprint for an assignment or activity design relevant to their instructional context.

Designing Accessible Documents I: Microsoft Word (CM109V), Tuesday, February 11, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Zoom: Chances are that you create documents for your job. But do you know how to make those documents accessible to people with visual disabilities? This workshop will introduce you to principles of accessible design, including metadata, hierarchy, font, hyperlinks, color, and alternative text within Microsoft Word. 

University Writing has partnered with Human Resource Development to offer workshops related to professional writing and communication. Registration is free and open to all full-time and TES employees, but space is limited. Please register on ElevatED, which you can open via AU Access.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Designing Accessible Documents II: Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint (CM110V), Tuesday, February 18, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Zoom: Chances are that you create documents for your job. But do you know how to make those documents accessible to people with visual disabilities? This workshop will introduce you to principles of accessible design, including metadata, hierarchy, font, hyperlinks, color, and alternative text within Adobe Acrobat and PowerPoint.

University Writing has partnered with Human Resource Development to offer workshops related to professional writing and communication. Registration is free and open to all full-time and TES employees, but space is limited. Please register on ElevatED, which you can open via AU Access.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Graduate students working on longer projects—such as a thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication—are invited to register for WriteFest. Over four sessions, participants will explore and practice mindfulness-based habits and skills that support their wellbeing and productivity while writing. During each session, participants will also have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment, with refreshments provided. Graduate students can register to participate either in person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: February 5, February 19, March 5, and March 19.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Graduate students working on longer projects—such as a thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication—are invited to register for WriteFest. Over four sessions, participants will explore and practice mindfulness-based habits and skills that support their wellbeing and productivity while writing. During each session, participants will also have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment, with refreshments provided. Graduate students can register to participate either in person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: February 5, February 19, March 5, and March 19.

The Miller Writing Center is closed March 9 - March 14 for Spring Break. Regular hours resume March 16.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Graduate students working on longer projects—such as a thesis, dissertation, ePortfolio, or piece for publication—are invited to register for WriteFest. Over four sessions, participants will explore and practice mindfulness-based habits and skills that support their wellbeing and productivity while writing. During each session, participants will also have dedicated time to write alongside peers in a supportive environment, with refreshments provided. Graduate students can register to participate either in person, in the University Writing Studio on the second floor of RBD Library (Room 2056), or virtually, via Zoom, and are expected to attend all four sessions. Sessions will be held on the following dates from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.: February 5, February 19, March 5, and March 19.

The Graduate Writing Partners Program pairs graduate students with a Miller Writing Center graduate writing consultant who works one-on-one to help them improve their writing abilities and become more effective communicators in their respective disciplines. Participants will benefit from consistent, semester-long, individualized consultations with graduate writing consultants and must commit to attend two hours of standing appointments each week for the entire semester (two hours per week for 16 weeks). Attendance can be in person or virtual. To be eligible for this program, you must have an advisor/professor who is willing to submit a recommendation.

University Writing seeks nominations for the Twelfth Annual Outstanding ePortfolio Award. This award recognizes exceptional ePortfolios created by Auburn University students. Students can nominate their own ePortfolios, and faculty/staff can nominate up to two students (graduate or undergraduate) who have created distinguished ePortfolios. Winners will receive an engraved trophy and a cash prize.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Writing Professional Emails (CM100V), Tuesday, April 1, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Zoom: This workshop will focus on writing effective professional emails with attention to the audience and purpose of an academic institution. Participants will discuss best practices, consider specific email scenarios, practice revising email samples to be more effective, and ask questions related to their own use of email in the workplace. 

University Writing has partnered with Human Resource Development to offer workshops related to professional writing and communication. Registration is free and open to all full-time and TES employees, but space is limited. Please register on ElevatED, which you can open via AU Access. 

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Emails for Challenging Scenarios (CM101V), Tuesday, April 8, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Zoom: This workshop will offer strategies and best practices for communicating via email, including guidance on how to address common challenges. Discussion topics will include responding to difficult messages, balancing friendliness with concision, and editing for clarity. Participants will consider specific email scenarios, practice revising and writing emails, and raise questions related to their own professional context.

University Writing has partnered with Human Resource Development to offer workshops related to professional writing and communication. Registration is free and open to all full-time and TES employees, but space is limited. Please register on ElevatED, which you can open via AU Access.

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing. 

Calling all graduate writers! Would you benefit from writing in the company of other students with expert assistance on hand? If so, sign up for the Graduate Research and Writing Studio. This weekly writing retreat will run every Tuesday between January 28 and April 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the University Writing Studio (RBD Library 2056). The Studio will offer a sense of community, access to a research librarian and a graduate writing consultant, and light refreshments, all to help you achieve your writing goals. The Graduate Research and Writing Studio is sponsored by the Libraries and by University Writing.