PROFESSOR TERRY ROOT Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and Professor of Biological Sciences
Tuesday, February 5 , 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Hume Writing Center, Basement of Margaret Jacks Hall (460-020)
Terry L. Root, a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the
Environment and Professor, by courtesy, of Biological Sciences,
primarily works on large-scale ecological questions with a focus on
impacts of global warming. She actively works at making scientific
information accessible to decision makers and the public (e.g.,
being a Lead Author for IPCC Third and Fourth Assessment Reports).
She is the author of numerous scientific articles for such journals
Science, Climatic Change, Biodiversity and Conservation, and
Nature. She has written numerous chapters in books, as well as
being the author of Atlas of Wintering North American Birds: An
Analysis of Christmas Bird Count Data and co-author of Wildlife
Responses to Climate Change: North American Case Studies. In 1999
she was chosen as an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, in 1992 as a
Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, and in 1990 as a
Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science
Foundation. "How I Write" is a series of conversations with faculty and other advanced writers to explore the nuts and bolts, pleasures and pains, of all types of writing. While content is always an issue, the conversation will primarily focus on work styles, such as where, when, and how a writer composes, allowing us to examine habits, idiosyncrasies, techniques, trade secrets, hidden anxieties, and delights. We will discuss how a writer generates ideas, sustains large-scale projects, combines research with composition, overcomes various impediments and blocks, and cultivates stylistic innovations. Writing communities share experiences (even bad ones), so that all writers can learn and grow and Stanford is an exceptionally rich community for gaining such insights.
How I Write events, unless otherwise stated, take place in the Hume Writing Center in Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460) Basement .
