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Faculty Spotlight: Monica Reyes

Although they spend significant time working with their students, the professors in the WRD department are still scholars at heart–often working on their own projects in addition to teaching. Dr. Monica Reyes is no exception. Her courses like Multicultural Rhetorics and Feminist Rhetorics encourage students to think outside the box for their own personal scholarship. Let’s check in with her to see what she’s been up to.  What are you working on right now? I am currently working on my single-authored book with Routledge. My book, Rhetoric and Storytelling within the U.S. Asylum Process: Shelter Rhetorics, examines the U.S. requirement

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Course Spotlight: WRD 511 Rhetorics of Displacement Update

During Spring Quarter 2021, Professor Monica Reyes taught WRD 511: Rhetorics of Displacement which was a hit with students and will be coming back for Winter Quarter 2022. We caught up with Reyes to talk about how this class differs from the last time she taught it.  Are you doing anything differently for this iteration of WRD 511: Rhetorics of Displacement? Yes! Students responded so positively to the course the first time I taught it in Spring [of] 2021, so the bones of the course are still the same. I still have units/themes centered around various rhetorics (like those in

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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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