Writing Across the Curriculum LIAISONS
AI and Academia Conference
WAC LIAISONS presented a full-day conference: AI and Academia: Riding the Wave” on Feb. 21, 2025. Below, we share the presenter abstracts and selected presentation materials, including a video of the keynote speaker, Tamara Tate. We look forward to seeing you at next year's AI and Academia Conference!
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Mission Statement
Supported by a WAC LIAISONS Advisory Board representing CSUF’s eight Colleges, the WAC LIAISONS program connects writing and A.I. pedagogies to improve student writing and learning, to support faculty efforts to teach with writing, and to create a campus culture that values the ways writing can enhance learning.
What is WAC? What is LIAISONS?
WAC stands for Writing Across the Curriculum. LIAISONS highlights WAC’s commitment to connecting writing and AI pedagogies. Watch a recording of a Feb. 8, 2024 webinar introducing the WAC LIAISONS program link opens in a new windowopens in a new window (1 hour). Begin at minute 3 to skip the meeting-start grace period and polling.
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Professional Development
Professional Development
To support faculty efforts to teach with writing and AI, WAC offers a variety of professional development opportunities including workshops, certificates, special guests, travel grants, and departmental services. Click below to learn more.
Writing & AI Resources
Writing & AI Resources
SWAC has many partners that support faculty and student writing, including the Writing Center, the Faculty Development Center, and the University Learning Center, as well as online resources to access at your convenience. Click below to learn more.
Spring 2025 Offerings
WAC LIAISONS practices can increase learning and reduce grading time in any class. Our asynchronous workshops are available in the time windows indicated below and on the flyer to the right. Register by clicking on a date range or title.
Engaging AI Critically with Your Students
This "Viewing Only" offering of "Engaging AI Critically with Your Students" is being offered through the remainder of Spring 2025. The videos and resources are available, but the credit-bearing Discussion Board is currently closed to increase informational access to more faculty. Opportunities to earn LIAISONS Certificate credit link opens in a new windowopens in a new window for this workshop will occur at least three times between Summer 2025 and Spring 2026. This workshop will introduce you to:
- How Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT work
- Many of the problems associated with these tools, including
- Representative, allocative, and sample biases
- GAI Training, Toxicity, and Exploitation
- AI Sycophancy
- Misinformation and Info Manipulation
- Copyright and Equity
- Data Privacy
- Academic Integrity
- Environmental Risks and Benefits
- Employment Impacts & Futures
- Some of the potential benefits of using LLMs critically, with some example applications
- A rationale for integrating LLMs carefully and critically into your teaching
- Two videos on ethical questions in GAI by Phaedra Boinodiris, AI and ethics specialist.
January 15 - 19
Writing Your AI-Ready Syllabus Policies link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
In under an hour, this asynchronous WAC LIAISONS workshop will guide faculty through adapting their syllabi academic integrity policies for the presence of AI. Policy definitions, expectations, rationale, guidance, and repercussions will be modeled and explained.
January 22 - 26
Swap Out Stale Student Presentations for an Interactive Poster Session link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn about how to implement an in-class interactive poster session mock conference. The poster conference can replace stale standard student PowerPoint presentations for increased authenticity and student engagement. It is also a wonderful capstone activity to end the semester.
January 22 - 26
Adapting Major Assignments to Reduce AI Reliance link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Attempts to evade and detect generative AI use in coursework are never foolproof. To ensure student learning, we can adapt our assignments to better engage students. Focusing on longer assignments and projects, this asynchronous workshop introduces six strategies for reducing AI use in your favorite major assignments.
January 29 - February 2
Designing Effective Writing Prompts for Any Class
Incorporating more writing into your courses is a high-impact way to deepen students’ understanding of your course content. Thoughtfully designed writing prompts can yield more focused, confident writing, which in turn can reduce grading time. After introducing some best practices in prompt writing, this workshop will guide faculty as they design a prompt for one class. Please bring a course syllabus.
February 10 - 14
Engaging AI Critically with Your Students link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Take this asynchronous workshop at your own pace. Learn some of the promises and perils of AI chatbots, explore ways to support critical thinking about AI in class, and draft your own in-class AI-infused activity for feedback.
April 16 - 20
Authentic (and Potentially Publishable!) Writing Assignments I: Designing the Task link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn about designing authentic writing assignments for students that mimic particular writing tasks for your discipline. The workshop will coach faculty on choosing an authentic, discipline-specific writing task and consulting real samples to build a rubric.
April 23 - 27
The Rhetoric of AI Prompting link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Why do professional writers often write the best AI prompts? Because they consider their "rhetorical situation." Understanding a rhetorical situation requires analysis, critical thinking, and empathy. Take this workshop to learn how to write more effective AI prompts and to turn AI prompting into a critical thinking activity for students.
April 30 - May 4
Authentic (and Potentially Publishable!) Writing Assignments II: Scaffolding for Success link opens in a new windowopens in a new window
Through this asynchronous, Canvas-based workshop, faculty will learn about scaffolding student success on authentic, discipline-specific writing assignments. This Part 2 workshop builds on Part 1 which coached faculty on choosing an authentic, discipline-specific writing task and consulting real samples to build a rubric. Part 2 will share ideas for embedding mini writing workshops into your course to build students' authentic writing skills.
SAVE THE DATE: "AI and Academia" Conference link opens in a new windowopens in a new window, Feb 21, 2025 in CSUF's TSU!
Workshop Flyer
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2024 Student Writing Mentorship Award Winners
Congratulations to Dr. Parvin Shahrestani and Dr. Jaya Dofe
Read more on the Student Writing Mentorship Award page!
Campus Writing Requirements
Campus Writing Requirements
Students should always consult with their major advisors to see what course or courses fulfill the Upper Division Writing Requirement (UDWR) in their major; a course approved for the UDWR in one major may not be approved for another major. That said, WAC maintains a list of courses that have been certrified to meet this requirement. Click below to learn more.
Contact: Dr. Leslie Bruce, Faculty Fellow
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Location: GH 435
Phone: 657-278-3155
Email:
wac@fullerton.edu
WAC LIAISONS is located in Gordon Hall (formerly University Hall), Room 435.
Mailing Address:
California State University, Fullerton
WAC LIAISONS, GH 435
800 North State College
P.O. Box 6850
Fullerton, CA 92831
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