David Elder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric, recently led a Development Day workshop for the Sioux City Community School District with a Morningside student.

David Elder	Hannah Hecht

David Elder, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric, recently led a Development Day workshop for the Sioux City Community School District with a Morningside student.

Hannah Hecht of Lansing, Kan., a senior English major interning as assistant director of Morningside’s writing center, led the workshop with Elder. They discussed ways that college professors can change how they teach based on how high school writing is taught, and high school teachers can change how they teach based on how college writing is taught. They hope to come to a middle ground to help future students become more successful writers.

Elder has been teaching at Morningside since 2010. He is the director of the Morningside College Writing Center. Elder was a recipient of the Walker Faculty of Excellence Award in 2012.  He received a doctorate from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.