The UALR Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence will hold a workshop exploring meaningful writing assignments in higher education Thursday, March 14.

Dr. Michele Eodice, associate provost for academic engagement and director of the writing center at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver her keynote presentation, “What the Meaningful Writing Project Means for Learning and Teaching,” at 11 a.m. April 14 in Student Services Center Room 104.

The talk will present findings from the Meaningful Writing Project, a collaborative research project that explores faculty goals, beliefs, and values about learning and teaching writing in higher education.

A lunch will follow the lecture at 12:15 p.m. in Donaghey Student Center Room G. The lunch will be limited to the first 35 people who register online.

Eodice has been a writing center director and a leader in the field of writing centers for more than 20 years. She currently serves as an editor of “The Writing Center Journal,” the primary research journal of the International Writing Centers Association.

Her ongoing research interests include co-authoring, collaborative writing, adult and higher education, developing faculty writing at universities, and student engagement and learning through writing practices. Her current research with the Meaningful Writing Project will be published this year as a book, “The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning, Teaching, and Writing in Higher Education.”