Educators have studied the processes of reading and writing, and the development of skills in each area, but never how one influences the other. In a groundbreaking study in the May issue of the International Journal of Business Administration, University of Florida associate professor Yellowlees Douglas and graduate student Samantha Miller discovered strong correlations between the complexity of graduate students’ reading and their writing. “You’d think someone would have studied these effects in adults long ago,” Douglas said, “but we
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Warrington professor analyzes “The Reader’s Brain”
Warrington Professor Dr. Yellowlees Douglas’s new book–“The Reader’s Brain: How Neuroscience Can Make You a Better Writer”— uses decades of insights into the reading brain to provide writers with clear-cut, science-based guidelines on how to write anything well, from an email to a multi-million dollar proposal. Read more about Dr. Douglas’s findings at UF News.
Warrington honors five educators with teaching/advising awards
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Warrington College of Business Administration has recognized five of its brilliant and talented educators with its 2011-12 Teaching/Advising Awards. William R. Hough Faculty Fellow Dr. Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay and Associate Professor Dr. Jane Douglas were named Teachers of the Year in the graduate/professional division. In the undergraduate division, jcpenney Professor Dr. Richard Lutz and Lecturer Dr. Michelle Darnell were named Teachers of the Year. Erica Byrnes, the Associate Director for Academic Advising & Career Coaching at the