In this conversation, Kim Liao, John Jay Lecturer and Co-Director of the Writing Across the Disciplines Program, models a multi-step (scaffolded) technical writing assignment, discusses the value of learning through teaching someone else’s curriculum, and the need for students to become revision diagnosticians. Liao provides multiple examples of connecting real-world needs with student writing activities and reminds that our own student personas stay with us throughout lifelong learning engagement.

Credits: Casino Blue, Guitarista (album), Mr. Smith (composer/performer), 2023