To honor the important work produced in courses aligned with the new Dietrich College General Education Program (launched fall 2021), the Dietrich College General Education and Department of English Writing & Communication Programs have launched a new academic journal, WOVEN.
The GenEd program asks students to think deeply and critically about our shared history and common humanity as it prepares them to tackle complex problems in work and in life. Courses aligned with this new GenEd program ask students to grapple with foundational questions of society and to seek solutions for social, political, and global challenges such as inequality and injustice, climate change and voting.
WOVEN will feature works of communication, from any and all genres. From essays to short films, proposals to podcasts, reports to websites, data stories to literature reviews, WOVEN aims to feature a wide variety of exceptional student work. WOVEN will release two publications each year: one in the fall semester and one in the spring semester.
Meet the WOVEN Editorial Team
Courtney L. Novosat
Co-Editor
Courtney L. Novosat (she/her) is a senior lecturer in writing and communication in the Department of English, the course lead for Writing about Public Problems (76-108) and a founding co-editor of "WOVEN: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Dietrich College." For more than twenty years, she has taught first-year writing, professional writing, literature and courses in the humanities. A writer for Bedford/St.Martin’s since 2008, Courtney has contributed to more than a dozen composition, rhetoric and literature textbooks and co-authored five resource guides advising instructors on assignment design and teaching approach. Pursuant to her interests in instructional design and writing program administration, she is collaborating on two writing studies pedagogy projects. The first will pilot a new approach for developing the change proposal in 76-108 and the second centers on developing a professional persona. Courtney also maintains a research agenda as a literary historian focusing on how narratives of race and resistance shape nineteenth century American novels (particularly utopias/dystopias) and exhibition spaces; she most recently contributed a chapter to "Yours for Humanity: New Essays on Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins" (University of Georgia Press, 2022).
Education:
- Ph.D. (2016)
- M.A. (2005)
- B.A. (2002).
Alan Thomas Kohler
Co-Editor
Alan Thomas Kohler (he/him) is a senior lecturer in writing and communication in the Department of English with over 20 years of teaching, research and administrative experience in the United States and abroad. He holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Boston and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. Alongside his current work in professional and technical communication, his research and professional interests include AI and education and writing instruction, educational leadership, higher ed and writing program administration, and teacher training and development. His EFL textbook series "Reading Sky," published research in "Written Communication and Linguistics and Education," and experience as editor of the "Arizona Working Papers" and Eberly Center Teaching-as-Research Fellow inform his approach and dedication to the student work showcased in "WOVEN."
Colleen Libertz
Production Manager
Colleen Libertz (she/her) has been with Dietrich College since 2016, first serving as an Academic Advisor for undeclared students and now as the Program Manager for the General Education Program. Colleen earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey and her Master's degree in Higher and Postsecondary Education from Columbia University's Teachers College. Alongside the various elements she oversees for the General Education program, she is thrilled to support WOVEN and the co-editors with the administrative support needed to make this journal come to life!