Vie wins prestigious national grant to study social media in writing classrooms

March 14, 2017 by
Dr. Stephanie Vie, associate professor and Interim Department Chair for Writing and Rhetoric, will be recognized at the 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) as the recipient of a 2017 Research Initiative grant. The CCCC, an association within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is the flagship organization for scholars in […]

2017 Department of Writing and Rhetoric Symposium

March 13, 2017 by
The Department of Writing and Rhetoric held their 3rd annual Writing and Rhetoric Symposium on February 22nd, 2017, to celebrate the hard work of students and faculty in the department’s undergraduate programs. The symposium theme, “Crossing Boundaries: Listening, Writing, & Rhetorical Action,” showcased concurrent sessions focused on using concepts of writing and rhetoric to promote […]

Adele Richardson: Excellence in Teaching and Advising

March 13, 2017 by
Adele Richardson of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric has had a busy year so far, winning two awards for her outstanding work as a professor and academic advisor. Adele won the 2017 College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award and the 2017 University Excellence in Undergraduate Faculty Academic Advising Award. Only […]

Nathan Holic’s Class Featured in the Orlando Sentinel

March 13, 2017 by
Nathan Holic of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric and his class were featured in the Orlando Sentinel on February 27, 2017 for his ENC3375 Rhetoric in Popular Culture class. This is a special topics class where the subject matter varies semester by semester, and largely depends on which professor teaches the class. Some past […]

Women Making History at UCF: Three Notable Women in Writing and Rhetoric

March 7, 2017 by
Three women in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric have been nominated to be featured on the website of the Center for Success of Women Faculty as “women making history at UCF.”The entire month of March is dedicated to Women’s History Month; every day, a different woman will be featured along with a personal interview. […]

Dr. Kevin Roozen: Expanding Literate Landscapes

March 7, 2017 by
Kevin Roozen, an associate professor in the UCF College of Arts and Humanities Department of Writing and Rhetoric, recently had his book Expanding Literate Landscapes: Persons, Practices, and Sociohistoric Perspectives of Disciplinary Development published with Computers and Composition Digital Press. The book, which is co-authored with Joe Erickson of Anoka Ramsey Community College, presents five […]

Ella Raynor: Winner of the 2017 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award

February 27, 2017 by
Congratulations are in order for our very own Ella Dali Raynor for winning the 2017 CCCC Scholars for the Dream award. Ella is a graduate teaching assistant who has been with Writing and Rhetoric since fall of 2015 and is currently an MA student in the Writing and Rhetoric Master’s degree program. Ella is one […]

Zemliansky Wins Award for Collection of Essays

February 24, 2017 by
Pavel Zemliansky, a professor in the UCF College of Arts and Humanities Department of Writing and Rhetoric, has been honored with a 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication Technical and Scientific Communication Award for his collection of essays, Rethinking Post-Communist Rhetoric: Perspectives on Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication in Post-Soviet Spaces. The piece, which […]

Knights Write Showcase: A Spotlight on the Exceptional Work of First-Year Writers

February 9, 2017 by
The Department of Writing and Rhetoric hosted the 7th annual Knights Wright Showcase on February 1, 2017. This showcase is an opportunity for students from the first-year writing program to exhibit their hard work and dedication in refining their composition and research skills. The event was open to the community, and was well received by […]

Honors in the Major Research Uses Prison Publication to Examine Writing Practices

December 2, 2016 by
Writing and Rhetoric Major Alexandra Stepanov continues her research, “The Rhetoric of Inmates: Identification Within Prison Settings,” for the Honors in the Major (HIM) program. Stepanov is working with her thesis chair Dr. Stephanie Wheeler, along with committee members Dr. Marcy Galbreath and Dr. Anthony Grajeda, to examine how inmates use rhetorical strategies to inform […]