This is the author manuscript accepted for publication and has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/sce.21454. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Writing in the STEM classroom: Faculty conceptions of writing and its role in the undergraduate classroom Alena Moon, 1 Anne Ruggles Gere, 2 Ginger V. Shultz 1 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 2 Sweetland Center for Writing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Correspondence: Ginger Shultz, Department of Chemistry University of Michigan, 930 N. University ave Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Email: gshultz@umich.edu