Bonnie Devet, Professor
Director, Writing Lab
| Areas of interest | Contact Information | |
| - Composition and rhetoric - Technical Writing - Writing Lab theory/practice - Grammar and Style |
Office: Porter's Lodge #3 (843) 953-5772 devetb {at} cofc.edu |
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Profile Dr. Devet received her Ph.D. in English with a concentration in Composition from the University of South Carolina. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in composition. Since 1989, she has also been the Director of the Writing Lab at the College of Charleston. During this time the Writing Lab has been honored by receiving the Outstanding Peer Tutor Award, Student Employee of the Year Award, and Outstanding Scholarship Award (article). The Writing Lab is also the first writing lab in SC to be certified. |
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| Writing Lab website: http://www.cofc.edu/%7Ecsl/writing/writing_lab.html | ||
Recent Book Chapters “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Certifying a Tutorial Program Through CRLA” in The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book. Eds. Byron Stay and Christina Murphy. Mawhah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006. 331-38. “Peering Across the Pond: the Role of Students in Developing Other Students’ Writing in the US and UK.” with Susan Orr (York St. John's University), Margo Blythman (London College of Communication), and Celia Bishop (London College of Communication). Teaching Academic Writing in UK Higher Education: Theories, Practices and Models. New York: Palgrave/MacMillan, 2006. 196-211. (part of the Universities into the 21st Century Series published by Palgrave/MacMillan). Recent Refereed Article “Custer and Longfellow: Helping First-Year College Students Understand the Relationship between History and Poetry." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 34 (2007): 277-85. Recent Conference Presentation “Grammar and Writing Lab Consultants: Changes in Standard Edited English?” College English Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 2006. |
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