Writing is at the center and beginning of every serious intellectual endeavor. Born in the ancient world and central to the modern one, writing forms the basis of sacrality and secularism alike, defines the bounds of law, and allows for the crystallization of complex problems into conceptual tools. Since writing well is apposite to extending the range of one’s thinking, no one is ever “complete” in their writing skills any more than they “are done” thinking about the world. Working on one’s writing is about strengthening the expressive power, conceptual rigor, and clarity of one’s analysis and presentation, and thus it is about improving the mind through the medium of language.
The purpose of the Honors Writing Colloquium is to provide a workshop-like environment for second-year Honors students to hone their writing skills beyond the first-year pedagogy of The Human Event. Participants in the Colloquium will conduct workshops for this year’s Human Event students. We will, beyond this, engage in peer tutorials and receive training in the fine art of helping others refine their writing. The readings and activities of the writing colloquium serve as an excellent preparation to serving as a Teaching Assistant in the Human Event or in taking upper-level honors classes at ASU.
- Professor: Thomas Martin
- Manager: Eric Oberle
- Teacher: Mylan Blomquist
- Teacher: Brittany Nez