WAC Faculty member Phil Randall stands at a podium in the Class of 1941 Studio and presents a lecture to the Grad WAC Fellows class.

WAC Faculty

Pearce Center’s WAC Faculty continued its third year as a group dedicated to educating others in Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing In the Disciplines practices to further the use and practice of writing in classrooms of all disciplines. To this end, the three WAC Faculty members co-teach the Grad WAC Fellows classes with Cameron Bushnell, focusing on ways graduate students can integrate writing practices into the undergraduate classes that they teach. In 2021-2022, the WAC Faculty also began mentoring the fellows in the new Professional Practicum in WAC and WID, an opportunity for selected Grad WAC Fellows to present on WAC and WID strategies to a variety of audiences. 

Meet Our WAC Faculty

Katalin Beck smiles at the camera and poses in front of a natural background.

Katalin Beck

Katalin Beck is a senior lecturer in English who has been an enthusiastic facilitator of the program’s development since she joined in 2019. The growing number of students served and the increasingly focused curriculum offered affirm the value of her work. She especially appreciates working with the outstanding graduate students in the program, co-teaching with her accomplished colleagues and shaping the program with innovative approaches. 

 

With experiences in teaching writing, consulting in technical communication and navigating interlingual and cross-cultural challenges, Beck strives to gauge the fellows’ needs in their current positions and long-term professionalization. The multi-semester relationship with the fellows yields a supportive learning community that collaboratively constructs a pedagogical toolset and knowledge management expertise that will trickle down to improve the writing of Clemson undergraduates and benefit the fellows throughout their careers. 

Phil Randall smiles and poses in front of a natural background.

Phil Randall

Phil Randall is a senior lecturer in English. In his three years as a WAC Faculty member, he has co-taught the Grad WAC Fellows program and presented at the 2020 Doctoral Writing Workshop and the 2019 Teaching Symposium. In 2021-2022, he partnered with Cameron Bushnell to co-teach the first semester WAC course.

 

Randall teaches courses in scientific writing and science, technology and society. He has worked as an editor for the Commission on Accreditation for Medical Transport Systems, Elysian Magazine and for news organizations including The New York Times Co., Gannett Co. and the Times Publishing Co. Since 2004, he has overseen more than 25 client-based projects for South Carolina nonprofits and government agencies, including the Anderson Adult Education Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate.

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Will Cunningham

Will Cunningham is a lecturer in English with five years of teaching experience at Clemson and is the newest member of the WAC Faculty. Though his background and doctoral studies are in literature, Cunningham has worked extensively with research centers and nonprofits developing projects and pursuing funding through grants and proposals. He has written over $1 million in successfully-funded grants, ranging from the National Endowment for the Humanities to private family foundations.

In his short time as WAC Faculty member, he has especially enjoyed working alongside graduate students and helping them craft compelling research proposals. He is looking forward to supporting Grad WAC Fellows in future semesters and learning from their brilliant perspectives and talent as researchers. Cunningham also enjoys teaching client-based projects in business writing classes through the Pearce Center and is currently partnering with a Greenville-based nonprofit organization called Jasmine Road.

Former WAC Faculty

Megan Pietruszewski smiles at the camera and poses in front of a natural background.

Megan Pietruszewski

Senior Lecturer

Jennifer Forsbergy poses in front of a natural background and smiles at the camera.

Jennifer Forsberg

Senior Lecturer