Category: Graduate

Course Spotlight: Writing and Social Engagement

For students in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse department it comes as no surprise that the act of writing carries social power. That power can be used for good or for ill. For Dr. Maria Prikhodko that strength in writing as a social activity is what drives her course WRD 377: Writing and Social Engagement which is being offered in the Spring Quarter. In Dr. Prikhodko’s class students aren’t just invested in their own classroom community, they are connected with students in Brazil. According to Dr. Prikhodko, starting in Week 4, students will have weekly collaborations with students from Unichristus

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Faculty Achievement Spotlight: Monica Reyes

In October 2021, Professor Monica Reyes of the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse program was awarded a fellowship to further her Shelter Rhetorics manuscript. The grant was awarded through the American Association of University Women. Her manuscript is a timely piece that looks to engage a dialogue around the rhetorics of displacement and asylum. This work is vital to Dr. Reyes’ scholarship as she helps students navigate through these kinds of rhetorics in her classes. In the last three years, she has taught two separate, service-learning courses that highlight “countering the predominant victim narrative we often hear about asylum experience.” For

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