The Hoosier Writing Project (HWP) was founded in 1993.  It is a site of the National Writing Project (NWP), the nation’s premier professional development organization in the area of writing and reading; NWP receives annual bipartisan Congressional support for its network of 200 sites.  HWP is sponsored by the Indiana Teachers of Writing (ITW), a statewide organization founded in the 1980s to support teachers of writing at all levels; the annual ITW fall conference is a major event for these teachers.  ITW also sponsors the Journal of Teaching Writing, the only peer-edited journal on teaching writing at all levels, K-college.

  The Hoosier Writing Project, directed by Prof. Steve Fox, English Department, IUPUI, holds annual summer institutes and conducts professional development workshops and study groups throughout the central Indiana area and in the South Bend area.  The summer institutes are invitational; teachers at any level, K-college, who consider teaching writing one of their responsibilities, are encouraged to apply each January for the June institute.  Schools and school districts that would like to discuss professional development in the areas of teaching writing or reading should contact Prof. Fox, sfox@iupui.edu.  Consult the Hoosier Writing Project Website for further information, news, and a calendar.

The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) is a university-based research and service organization created in 1998 to enhance links between the city of Indianapolis, the state of Indiana, and cultures/nations throughout the world. ICIC strives for excellence in language and intercultural training in academic, professional, and other occupational contexts.  Activities include:

• conducting and facilitating interdisciplinary research in professional and business language use in intercultural contexts
• disseminating research information and findings
• applying the insights of intercultural communication and language research in specialized training

For more information, visit http://www.iupui.edu/~icic/

IAT is comprised of:

• English and Philosophy teaching faculty
• editing specialists
• graduate assistants
• scholars of the Peirce Edition Project, the Santayana Edition, and the Frederick Douglass Papers with related academic advisors in American Studies, Professional Editing, and American philosophy.

The Institute administers an undergraduate minor in American Studies and an intedisciplinary graduate program in Professional Editing; it also is associated with the American Philosophy concentration of the Department of Philosophy’s master’s program. In addition, the Institute provides an editorial home for Documentary Editing, the journal of the Association for Documentary Editing.

The Journal of Teaching Writing, now in its third decade of publication, is the only national journal devoted to the teaching of writing at all academic levels, from pre-school to the university, and in all subject areas of the curriculum. It features:

• refereed articles
• book reviews
• professional announcements

Contributors of manuscripts receive signed and substantive reviews from members of the Editorial Board, which is composed of distinguished teachers and writers from all educational levels and geographic regions of the U.S.; approximately 20% of manuscript submissions are published annually.

For more information, visit http://www.iupui.edu/~jtw/

The University Writing Centers (UWC) enable both graduate and undergraduate students to:

• sit down with an experienced reader who will provide assistance with their writing
• get help with writing assignments and projects for any class

The UWCs offer a variety of services, but students most often take advantage of opportunities to work one-on-one with experienced readers.  All UWC services are free to IUPUI undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff.

For more information, visit http://www.iupui.edu/~uwc/