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Engell’s proposal would give his department a sixth Briggs-Copeland lectureship—a five-year appointment for professional writers that requires them to teach two creative writing courses every semester and advise two creative theses every year.
What I advise: Confrontation. In today’s world, that threatening four-syllable word harbors a strong negative connotation, and a “confrontational person” is perceived as a trouble-maker who should be strictly avoided.
A growing number of graduate students also supplement faculty supervision by advising or helping to advise theses.
But Wootten says he tried very hard to find a faculty member to advise him, thinking that a professor’s experience would be a valuable asset to his project.
“I didn’t want a graduate student because I didn’t feel like they could advise me properly,” he says.