“The Write Way” Prof. Chris Sten and Prof Jeff Stephanic
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Jeff: Hi this is Jeff Stephanic, and I will be interviewing Professor Chris Sten from the department of English. Let me introduce you to Professor Sten, he is going to tell us a little bit about himself first. Then he'll give us a teaching tip.
Chris: Well I'm a long time GW English professor I came here in the Lloyd Elliot years, and I have seen lots of changes here, but I've had my entire career here, and I teach American literature, principally I do scholarship in the 19th century and I'm Herman Melville specialist.
Jeff: Well then you could give us a whale tale couldn't you?
Chris: I could give you a whale tale; in fact there is a whole chapter about the whale's tail in one of my favorite books, Moby Dick.
Jeff: I've heard of that
Chris: That's also called a whale tale, the whole book is a whale tale of a kind; it’s the one that got away.
Jeff: and now for the teaching tip.
Chris: The teaching tip that I'm really interested in promoting these days is using writing as a learning tool, and all kinds of writing, informal class writing, out of class formal writing, rewriting, rewriting that has been improved through peer review, both peer review in the classroom and out of the classroom.
Jeff: Thats wonderful, thank you very much for your time.
Chris: It was my pleasure.
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