Rooted in our identity as a thriving Hispanic-serving institution, the mission of our WAC program is to collaborate and consult with faculty across disciplines to invigorate institutional writing culture. Through dedicated faculty development, we work to ignite a passion for writing as a powerful teaching and thinking tool, enrich disciplinary learning, and nurture scholarly growth.
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is a national—and increasingly international—movement aimed at making writing a bigger part of every classroom. The philosophy is simple: students who write more will learn more, think more and do more.
Florida International University's own WAC program was launched in response to this mission as a Provost's Strategic Initiative in 2012. Our program supports faculty in using writing as a dynamic teaching tool, helping everyone meet new challenges in fostering student learning, engagement, and communication skills.
FIU WAC Awarded 2026 Exemplary Enduring Program
In 2026, FIU WAC was named an Exemplary Enduring WAC Program by WAC Clearinghouse, the premier publishing collaborative for the initiative. This award exemplifies the principles and best practices of writing across the curriculum, demonstrating commitment to the field's colleges and universities.
We offer extensive support, including workshops, consultations and micro-credentials. All are designed to help you stay up to date on the latest best practices for teaching writing in an educational landscape full of new ideas, like implementation of AI-based tools and the evaluation of their products in the classroom.
Micro-credentials
Our micro-credential courses help faculty remain current on new research-based teaching practices and support their implementation of cutting-edge pedagogical strategies.
Graduate and TA Support
Our team recognizes that writing across the curriculum builds upon success. Our Writing Fellows Program focuses on training students to cultivate the next generation of writers.
Consultations
Through collaboration, WAC brings together our evidence-based classroom support with faculty subject matter expertise with the goal of realizing classroom innovation and excellence.
Professional Development
FIU WAC develops research-based programming attuned to local needs, empowering faculty and students for success at one of the nation's top public universities.
WAC serves faculty interested in improving educational experiences through teaching with writing. We also support teaching assistants in learning best teaching practices and, ultimately, support all FIU students by promoting innovative and engaging teaching practices. We collaborate with diverse campus partners and serve over 300 faculty per year across 11 colleges and schools.
As the WAC program for the nation's largest Hispanic-serving university, we are proud to support FIU’s nationally recognized efforts to encourage the achievement and success of our diverse and multilingual student population.
We have much to celebrate here at FIU WAC, with our team and the individuals we collaborate with across campus always hard at work promoting writing across the curriculum. Here are some of our program's latest highlights:
Emilie Christiansen Wins 2025 UGS Excellence Award for Outstanding Paper or Manuscript
WAC Writing Fellow and former IWTA Emilie Christiansen won the 2025 University Graduate School Excellence Award for an Outstanding Paper or Manuscript for her manuscript: "Exploring bicycle theft through topography, street centrality, and the built environment: A spatial analysis of Toronto, Canada."
Christine Martorana Wins Award for Excellence in Learner Engagement Award from FIU Online
WAC Associate Director Christine Martorana won an FIU Online award for Excellence in Learner Engagement for her fully online course ENC 4381: Zine Writing. In this course, Christine adopts a holistic approach to student engagement that invites students to interact with one another, the professor, the course content, and their communities in innovative ways. Congratulations, Christine!
Ivan Lopez Wins 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award
WAC-affiliated faculty Ivan Lopez won a Faculty Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching. Ivan is a regular participant in WAC events, including our AI in Action workshop series and our Teaching with Writing in the Disciplines micro-credential. Congratulations, Ivan!
Dr. Fang wins 2024 Faculty Award
Our very own WAC associate director Dr. Ming Fang won a Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching at the 2024 FIU Faculty Convocation Awards Ceremony.
Dr. Martorana discusses classroom AI policies
WAC associate director Dr. Christine Martorana was featured on Inside Higher Ed, writing about her forming ethical guidelines for using AI in collaboration with her students.
WAC and UGS Writing Fellow featured on FIU News
WAC Writing Fellow Seyed Saman Khedmatgozar Dolati took some time to discuss his time with WAC and the program's role in helping him coach other engineering students.
