The
University of Iowa, Department of History
About the
Writing Center
The Department of History Teaching
and Writing Center was founded in 1997 to help undergraduate students improve
their history writing skills. Staffed by several graduate student advisors
every semester, the Center offers all kinds of help. We can:
- Help you to brainstorm ideas for
papers and presentations.
- Help you to polish the rough ideas
you already have.
- Help you to organize outlines and
papers.
- Help you refine a draft.
- Help you create a strong historical
argument.
- Help to demystify the ways that historians
talk about history.
- Help you turn in the
best paper you possibly can.
To give you the best help we can, we
ask that you provide the following:
- A copy of your assignment sheet.
- Any brainstorm diagrams, rough work,
or writing you have completed for the project.
All
students in history classes are welcome in the Writing Center.
Stop in!
You can call 335-2584 for an appointment
or just stop by. Students with appointments will have priority, but
walk-ins are always welcome.
Use our
web site!
This web site has been designed to help students with
the problems we see most frequently in the Writing Center. You'll find
handouts on each stage of the writing process, links to resources on the world
wide web, reference materials and suggestions for improvement within these
pages.
If there's something you'd like to see added to this site, email history-writing@uiowa.edu.
We'd love to hear from you!
This
page was last updated 03/08/2007