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Neal Lerner
Writing instructor for 20.109. Director of Training in Communication Instruction and Lecturer in the Writing Across the Curriculum program at MIT. Email: nlerner AT mit DOT edu

Office: 14N-234

Phone: 617-452-2939

Presentations
Here are the slides (in PDF format) we showed in lab and class presentations:

Feb. 8/9: [[Media:20.109_8Feb11.pdf|Overview of Scientific Writing and Rhetoric/Writing Research Articles]]

Conference schedule, Spring 2011
Monday, March 28th
 * 9:00 AM, Huayu Ding
 * 10:30 AM, Manuel Legrand
 * 11:00 AM, Shireen Rudina
 * 11:30 AM, Krithi Sundaram
 * 12:00 PM, John Chen
 * 12:30 PM, Paula Trepman
 * 1:00 PM, Sabina Sood
 * 2:00 PM, Stephanie Fung

Tuesday, March 29th
 * 10:00 AM, Max Pruner
 * 10:30 AM, Ryan Keating
 * 1:00 PM, Anirudh Arun
 * 2:00 PM, Alexa Schulte
 * 3:00 PM, Jingxun Chen
 * 3:30 PM, Lauren Berry

Wednesday, March 30th
 * 10:30 AM, Jessica Liu
 * 1:00 PM, Micca Hecht

Resources on Academic Integrity and Writing
Academic Integrity at MIT

A rich site with examples and instruction on how to cite sources, paraphrase correctly, and avoid plagiarism. From MIT's Office of Advising

Practical tips on avoiding plagiarism and keeping sane @ MIT. The OWL at Purdue on Plagiarism

Virginia Tech on Plagiarism

Norton on Plagiarism

Princeton on Plagiarism

Council of Writing Program Administrators on Plagiarism

Duke University Library on Plagiarism and Documentation



Writing Resources
The following are helpful places to do further investigation into good writing.  The Mayfield Handbook

A rich resource for any scientific writer.  The MIT Writing and Communications Center

Located in 12-132, the Writing and Communications Center offers free one-to-one instruction on any aspect of writing. The Science of Scientific Writing

A very useful article that analyzes the structure and style of scientific writing.</li> Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

A useful resource on scientific writing from Michael Alley, an engineering education professor at Penn State. Includes many examples and additional links.</li> </ul>