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Cary Moskovitz

Professor of the Practice in the Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708-0025
Bivins Hall, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Text Recycling (AKA “Self-Plagiarism”): What Researchers Need to Know · April 2023 Invited Talk Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Self-Plagiarism or Text Recycling? the Ethics of Reusing Your Own Writing · April 2023 Invited Talk GW Writing Program, George Washington University
Writing with Visuals across the Arts and Sciences - WID Distinguished Lecture · April 2023 Invited Talk GW Writing Program, George Washington University
Text Recycling (AKA “self-plagiarism”) in research writing: complications and best practices - Research Ethics Special Event · March 2023 Invited Talk UC San Diego
What is Legitimate Science? - Art of Environmental Writing · March 2023 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Art of Writing, UC Berkeley
Text Recycling (AKA “Self-Plagiarism”): What Researchers Need to Know · April 2023 Invited Talk Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Toronto Metropolitan University
Self-Plagiarism or Text Recycling? the Ethics of Reusing Your Own Writing · April 2023 Invited Talk GW Writing Program, George Washington University
Writing with Visuals across the Arts and Sciences - WID Distinguished Lecture · April 2023 Invited Talk GW Writing Program, George Washington University
Text Recycling (AKA “self-plagiarism”) in research writing: complications and best practices - Research Ethics Special Event · March 2023 Invited Talk UC San Diego
What is Legitimate Science? - Art of Environmental Writing · March 2023 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Art of Writing, UC Berkeley
Text Recycling (AKA “Self-Plagiarism”) in Research Writing: Thorny Issues and Best Practices. · March 2023 Invited Talk Research Ethics Program, UC Berkeley
Text Recycling (AKA “Self-Plagiarism”) in Scientific Writing: Thorny Issues and Best Practices. - Dialogues in Research Ethics · January 2023 Invited Talk Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami
Text Recycling in the Health Sciences: Complications and Best Practices. · February 2022 Invited Talk Uniformed Services University Graduate School of Nursing, Virtual
Text recycling or “self-plagiarism”? Developing better policy for authors, editors, and publishers in STEM - 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies · December 2021 Invited Talk ACS, Honolulu, Hawaii (virtual)
Text Recycling: Best Practices and Better Policies · October 2021 Invited Talk Conference on Plagiarism Detection, Russia (virtual)
Is it Self-Plagiarism? The Do’s and Don’ts of Text Recycling · September 2021 Invited Talk Dept of Anthropology, University of Georgia
Text Recycling in Health Sciences Publications: Complex Challenges and Findings from the Text Recycling Research Project - 39th Annual Meeting · August 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture International Academy of Nursing Editors, Virtual
Understanding text recycling · August 7, 2020 Invited Talk Committee on Publication Ethics, Webinar
What is Text Recycling? When is it Acceptable? When is it Legal? · June 17, 2020 Invited Talk Council of Scientific Editors, Webinar
The complicated world of text recycling (AKA ‘self-plagiarism’) in scientific writing · June 11, 2020 Invited Talk National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Webinar
Findings from the Text Recycling Research Project - Annual International Conference of Association for Practical and Professional Ethics · February 21, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Atlanta, GA
The Text Recycling Research Project: The Challenges and Our Approach - Responsible Conduct Of Research-Research Integrity Consortium · February 20, 2020 International Meeting or Conference Annual International Conference of The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Atlanta, GA
Text Recycling in Scientific Research Writing Findings from the Text Recycling Research Project (with Susanne Hall) - Medical Writing & Communication Conference · November 2019 Invited Talk American Medical Writers Association , San Diego, CA
Understanding Text Recycling: Findings from an NSF-Funded Study and Implications for RCR Training - Society of Research Administrators International Annual Meeting · October 21, 2019 International Meeting or Conference Society of Research Administrators, San Francisco, CA
The Text Recycling Research Project (with David Hansen & Michael Pemberton) - European Seminar · September 2019 Invited Talk Committee on Publication Ethics , Leiden, Netherlands
Thinking Rhetorically about Undergraduate Lab Reports - Department of Physics · May 2019 Invited Talk University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Text Recycling and Self-plagiarism: Findings from an NSF-sponsored study and implications for Journal Offices - ISMTE RTP MEETING · March 2019 Invited Talk International Society of Managing and Technical Editors, Durham, North Carolina
Panelist: Plagiarism and Intellectual Credit - Research Town Hall · February 2019 Invited Talk Duke Office of Scientific Integrity and School of Medicine, Duke University
Text recycling or "self-plagiarism"? How academic gatekeepers view text reuse. · October 2017 Invited Talk University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Communicating science research to non-specialist audiences · October 2017 Invited Talk UNC Coastal Studies Institute,
Facilitator for Mellon-funded series of workshops and consultations with faculty and administration - Writing for understanding, thinking through writing · August 2017 - March 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Text recycling in STEM research writing: Common practice or plagiarism? - Annual Meeting · May 2017 Invited Talk Council of Science Editors , San Diego, CA
Text Recycling: What is it? Why should we care? - Dialogues in Research Ethics series · May 2017 Invited Talk University of Miami, Miami, FL
The Duke Reader Project: Pairing student writers with Duke community readers. · April 2017 Invited Talk Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
Text Recycling or “Self-Plagiarism” in Scientific Discourse · October 2016 Invited Talk Georgetown University, Blommer Science Library, University Writing Program, and Office of Scholarly Publications
Text recycling in STEM research writing: Reasonable reuse or self-plagiarism? · October 2016 Invited Talk George Washington University,
Text recycling and self-plagiarism in scientific research writing - Department seminar series · September 2016 Invited Talk NC State University , Dept of Crop and Soil Sciences,
Text Recycling or 'Self-Plagiarism' in Scientific Discourse · April 2016 Invited Talk NC State University, Campus Writing and Speaking Program,
The Laboratory Report as a Rhetorical Act - 2015 Conference on Laboratory Instruction Beyond the First Year · July 22, 2015 - July 24, 2015 Invited Talk American Association of Physics Teachers, U. of Maryland, College Park, MD

The field of science education has paid considerable importance in recent years to what students might write in their lab reports. From the Workshop Physics project at Dickinson College to NCSU's LabWrite, students have been offered many approaches to learning about and writing about science in the undergrad laboratory context. However, comparatively little attention has been given to thinking about lab report writing as a rhetorical activity--one intended to communicate particular ideas to a particular audience for a specific purpose. This is unfortunate, since labs remain students' primary experience with scientific writing in the undergraduate science curriculum--especially in mathematically-heavy fields such as physics. The rhetorical experience of the typical lab report reinforce student misunderstandings of scientific writing they often bring from high school, rather than helping them develop a more sophisticated and effective understanding of effective scientific communication. This talk invites us to reconsider the experience of the undergraduate physics lab report--for students as writers and instructors as readers.

Sustainable and Engaging Approaches to Providing Feedback on Student Writing · January 2015 - January 2015 Invited Talk Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA
Preventing Plagiarism in Online Courses - Teaching Ideas · November 11, 2013 Lecture Duke University Graduate School,

Invited Lectures

Why you should use wikis for student writing assignments · March 18, 2013 Lecture Duke University Graduate School, Teaching Ideas series
Audio Feedback for Student Writing · February 25, 2013 Lecture Duke University Graduate School, Teaching Ideas series
“Teaching Writing in the Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics,” · February 1, 2011 Invited Talk Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Invited Lectures ; C Moskovitz

Working Productively with Student Writing · October 1, 2009 Invited Talk University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Invited Lectures

“The Duke Reader Project: Bringing student writers together with Duke community readers.” · April 1, 2009 Lecture CIT Instructional Technology Showcase, Duke University
“Designing Writing Assignments for Engineering Courses” · April 1, 2009 Invited Talk University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Engineering,

Invited Lectures

Haverford Writing Symposium (invited panelist) · April 1, 2009 Invited Talk Haverford College, Haverford, PA

Invited Lectures

“The Duke Reader Project: Pairing Student Writers with Alumni Readers” · March 1, 2009 Lecture Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA

Invited Lectures

Responding Efficiently and Effectively to Student Writing · February 1, 2009 Lecture Duke University Graduate School,

Invited Lectures

Thinking beyond the ‘Lab Report’: Undergraduate Lab Courses as Productive Sites for Student Writing · September 1, 2008 Lecture School of Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“High-Tech WAC?: The use (and misuse) of Calibrated Peer Review as a Writing-to-Learn and Learning-to-Write Tool” · May 1, 2008 Lecture International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Austin, Texas
Designing Writing Assignments for Health Science Courses. · May 1, 2008 Lecture School of Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Putting Student Writing to Work: The Academic Writing Class as a Research Collective.” · April 1, 2008 Lecture Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA

Invited Lectures

Supporting Student Writers in Undergraduate Research Environments · February 1, 2008 Lecture Virginia Tech

Service to the Profession


Reviewer · 2020 Editorial Activities Accountability in Research,
Reviewer · 2020 Editorial Activities Journal of Biomechanical Engineering,
Reviewer · 2018 Editorial Activities Across the Disciplines,
Reviewer: NSF grant · 2018 Editorial Activities National Science Foundation,
Reviewer · 2017 Editorial Activities Journal of Writing Assessment,
Reviewer · 2020 Editorial Activities Accountability in Research,
Reviewer · 2020 Editorial Activities Journal of Biomechanical Engineering,
Reviewer · 2018 Editorial Activities Across the Disciplines,
Reviewer: NSF grant · 2018 Editorial Activities National Science Foundation,
Reviewer · 2017 Editorial Activities Journal of Writing Assessment,
Reviewer · July 2014 Editorial Activities CBE: Life Sciences Education,

Papers Refereed ; Reviewed journal article submission

Reviewer : External Program Review · May 2014 Event/Organization Administration George Washington University,

Conferences Organized ; One of three members of external review team of GWU University Writing Program.

Proposal Reviewer : International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference · December 17, 2013 Editorial Activities
Reviewer · April 2013 Editorial Activities Advances in Physiology Education,
Reviewer - Oxford University Press · February 2013 Editorial Activities

Papers Refereed ; Reviewed proposal for new series of writing guides for Oxford University Press

Reviewer - Advances in Physiology Education · 2013 - 2013 Editorial Activities
proposal reviewer : International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference · February 1, 2012 Editorial Activities Savannah, GA
convener, chair and co-presenter : Pre-conference workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication · February 1, 2012 Event/Organization Administration St. Louis, MO
Reviewer: NSF grant review panel · April 4, 2011 Editorial Activities Arlington, VA