Penn State Altoona’s Intro to Writing Speaker Series will offer a presentation by Brooke Ricker Schreiber from 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Friday, April 1. The series features six professionals in a variety of careers who write and study writing offering brief lectures throughout the spring 2022 semester.

Schreiber is an assistant professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY, where she teaches courses in second language writing and linguistics. Her research focuses on second language writing pedagogy and teacher training, as well as global Englishes and translingualism. Her work has appeared in journals such as “TESOL Quarterly,” “ELT Journal,” and the “Journal of Second Language Writing.” She is co-editor of “Linguistic Justice on Campus: Pedagogy and Advocacy for Multilingual Students.”

The speaker series is offered through the Intro to Writing Studies course, which builds students’ rhetorical skills in critical and creative genres of writing and introduces them to how they can be used in future careers.

Anyone wishing to attend any of these Zoom-based events should contact Assistant Professor of English Kyle King at kyle.king@psu.edu for more information. The series of guest speakers is sponsored by the English program and Penn State Altoona’s Division of Arts and Humanities.