Program Profile
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, First Year Writing
The information in this exhibit reflects data collected on our site visit in November 2018.
| WPA/Primary Contact | Joan Mullin | Professor of English & Executive Director, University Writing Program | |
| Location | Charlotte, NC | ||
| Institution Type / Carnegie Class | Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity | ||
| Undergraduate Enrollment | 23,914 | ||
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 20:1 | ||
| Writing Requirement | UWRT 1104: Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts with Studio or UWRT 1103: Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts | ||
| Number of FYC Sections Annually | 1104: 60 | 1103: 20 | |
| Course Cap | 22 | ||
| Digital Components of the Writing Curriculum | (1) Portfolio Project | (2) Studio Assignments | |
| Position of the Writing Program | Independent Program in College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||
| Details of WPA Appointment | Rotating appointment with a 3-year contact; WPA has 1-1 teaching load | ||
| Description of Teaching Staff | Full-time lecturers, & tenure-track/tenured faculty | ||
| Additional Details from Site Visits and Data Collection | |||
| Focus Group Participants | Malcolm Campbell | Lecturer | |
| Justin Cary | Lecturer | ||
| Amy Colombo | Lecturer | ||
| Heather Crickenberger | Senior Lecturer | ||
| Debarati Dutta | Senior Lecturer | ||
| Barbara Presnell | Senior Lecturer | ||
| Jan Rieman | Senior Lecturer & Associate Executive Director of First Year Composition | ||
| Consuelo Salas | Assistant Professor of English | ||
| Ashlyn Walden | Senior Lecturer | ||
| Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh | Lecturer | ||
| Bert Wray | Lecturer | ||
| Interview Participants Within the Writing Program | Rebecca Agosta | Associate Director of the Writing Resources Center | |
| Julie Cook | Lecturer | ||
| Cat Mahaffey | Associate Director, First Year Composition | ||
| Angela Mitchell | Director, First Year Composition | ||
| Meaghan Rand | Senior Lecturer | ||
| Heather Vorhies | Assistant Professor of English & Director of the Writing Resources Center | ||
| Interview Participants Beyond the Writing Program | Jaesoon An | Senior Instructional Designer in the CTL | |
| Beth Caruso | Digital Pedagogy & Emerging Technologies Librarian | ||
| Nancy Gutierrez | Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||
| Kim Looby | Instruction & Information Literacy Librarian | ||
| Rich Preville | Director of Audiovisual Integration and Support for Learning Environments (AISLE) | ||
| Lynn Wahl | Instructional Designer in the CTL | ||