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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."]

      Posted Sept. 6, 2013 to June 15, 2014:

    • 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)
    • Posted June 15, 2014 to December 15, 2014:

    • 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)
    • Posted December 15, 2014 to June 15, 2015:

    • 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)
    • Posted July 15, 2015 to January 15, 2016:

    • 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)
    • Posted January 15, 2016 to July 15, 2016:

    • 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)
    • Posted July 15, 2016 to January 15, 2017:

    • 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)
    • Posted January 15, 2017 to July 15, 2017:

    • 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)