Supporting the RooWriter
RooWriter Reading Packets
- Schedule a RooWriter Reading Packet Creation presentation for your department or School:
Contact UWRB member Thomas Ferrel at ferrelt@umkc.edu
We started visiting departments across campus in Spring 2014 and will always be willing to visit yours. - Reading Packet Creation Guide
- How to Upload a proposed Reading Packet:
- Log in to the RooWriter.
- Choose the "Reading Packet Upload" link.
- Previous and Currently posted Reading Packets:
[To examine currently posted Reading Packets, log in to the RooWriter
and go to "Posted Reading Packets."]- Distracted Driving: A Public Health Menace
(from: School of Nursing & Health Studies, Nursing - General) - The Ethics and Impact of Digital Piracy
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Why Study Algebra in High School?
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics) - The 1968 Riot in Kansas City
(from: UMKC, Libraries) - Thinking Critically about Hurricane Katrina
(from: School of Graduate Studies, Graduate Studies) - Homelessness in Kansas City: What Can We Do?
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - African American English in Society and Schools
(from: School of Education, Urban Education Research Center) - "Do You Wanna Take a Selfie?": Beauty and Self-Identity in the 21st Century
(from: School of Nursing & Health Studies, Nursing - General) - Kansas City, Urban Sprawl, and Light Rail
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - The Problem of Obesity: "Complex, but Conquerable?"
(from: School of Education, Educational Administration) - Ethics and the Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse in Kansas City
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Urban Problems and Solutions: Tearing down the "Troost Wall"
(from: UMKC, Institute for Human Development) - African American English in Society and Schools
(from: School of Education, Urban Education Research Center) - Readers and Reading
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Kansas City, Urban Sprawl, and Light Rail
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Women and Sports
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Urban Problems and Solutions: Tearing down the "Troost Wall"
(from: UMKC, Institute for Human Development) - Homelessness in Kansas City: What Can We Do?
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Dental Deserts: Barriers to Oral Health Care and Proposed Solutions
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Ethics and the Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse in Kansas City
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Public Art
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Early Childhood Literacy in Kansas City
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Who Writes ... and Why?
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Women in STEM Fields: Plugging the "Leaky Pipeline"
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Sports Mascots, Race, and Cultural Appropriation
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - This is Your Brain on Music
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Youth and the Criminal Justice System
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Creative Writing and/in the World
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Disability and Higher Education
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Women in STEM Fields: Plugging the "Leaky Pipeline"
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - Code-Switching, Education, and the Culture of Power
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Diversity and Healthcare
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Street Art
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - The 1968 Riot in Kansas City
(from: UMKC Libraries, Miller Nichols Library) - The Rhetoric of the Equal Rights Amendment
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, Communication Studies) - Why Study Algebra?
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics) - Adjuncts and Higher Ed
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Engendering Gender
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - Stadium Financing
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English) - The Olympics and Effects on Host Cities and Nations
(from: College of Arts & Sciences, English)
Posted Sept. 6, 2013 to June 15, 2014:
Posted June 15, 2014 to December 15, 2014:
Posted December 15, 2014 to June 15, 2015:
Posted July 15, 2015 to January 15, 2016:
Posted January 15, 2016 to July 15, 2016:
Posted July 15, 2016 to January 15, 2017:
Posted January 15, 2017 to July 15, 2017:
- Distracted Driving: A Public Health Menace