ICYMI: 8th Annual Knights Write Showcase
February 14, 2018 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric hosted the 8th annual Knights Wright Showcase on February 7th, 2018. 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,...
Coming up: 8th Annual Knights Write Showcase!
January 24, 2018 We are very excited to announce that our 8th Annual Knights Write Showcase will take place on Wednesday, February 7th in the Pegasus Ballroom. This year’s showcase will include 23 posters from ENC 1101 and 1102 featuring original research; 2 student conference panels featuring students’ original research and moderated by...
Angela Rounsaville and Pavel Zemliansky Awarded CCCC Research Grant
January 23, 2018 Congratulations to Drs. Rounsaville and Zemliansky, who are co-PIs on a grant that was awarded through the Conference on College Composition and Communication Research initiative program. Their study is titled “Academic and Professional Multilingual Literacies in Sociomaterial Contexts: A Multi-Institutional Study in Norway, Ukraine, and the U.S.”. They will receive...
Crisis in the Campus
December 18, 2017 Crisis in the Campus functioned as a day of advocacy and entertainment. Organized form the ground-up, students in Dr. Stephanie Wheeler’s ENC 3331 – Rhetoric and Civic Engagement shared information on social injustices that they have researched this semester. Local Central Florida bands including Justin Alcaraz, Dylan Lancaster, Common Creatures,...
New Issues of DWR Student Publications, Stylus and Imprint
December 15, 2017 New issues of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric’s two student publications, Stylus: A Journal of First-Year Writing and Imprint, have been released. The new issue of Stylus can be found here and the new issue of Imprint is available here. Stylus publishes outstanding writing and research produced in UCF’s...
DWR's Brandy Dieterle's Article Published in the Communication Center Journal
November 29, 2017 Brandy Dieterle, an instructor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, has had an article published in the Communication Center Journal. The article discusses her experiences moving from being a teacher, to a graduate tutor in the university writing center at UCF, back to being a teacher, and how that particular...
DWR Alum Mikael Romo's Article Accepted into Composition Forum
November 28, 2017 Mikael Romo, one of DWR’s alumni, recently had an article accepted into Composition Forum with Drs. Wardle and Hall. Below is an overview of his experience with writing this article, how it began, and when we can expect the article to come out. “Our article reminds me of those end-of-the-semester reflection...
Stephanie Vie Represents DWR as a Panelist for the Collective Impact Institutionalization Plan Roll-Out
October 26, 2017 Our own chair of Writing and Rhetoric, Stephanie Vie, presented on the Strategic Alignment panel during the Collective Impact Institutionalization Plan Roll-Out. Dr. Vie, along with others such as the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, answered questions relating to their involvement and strategies in aligning...
Dr. Blake Scott's Book Wins the National Communication Association's Health Communication Distinguished Book Award
October 09, 2017 Congratulations to Blake Scott, whose book Risky Rhetoric: AIDS and the Cultural Practices of HIV Testing (2003) just won the National Communication Association’s Health Communication Distinguished Book Award. He will be recognized at the NCA business meeting and awards ceremony on November 18th. The Distinguished Book Award recognizes research that...
DWR Welcomes New Faculty Member and Assistant Director of First-Year Composition, Dr. Jamila Kareem
July 03, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric is excited to welcome Dr. Jamila Kareem to the university. Dr. Jamila M. Kareem was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, the heart of the Midwest. From a young age she was an enthusiastic reader, preferring books as toys rather than dolls and video...
DWR Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. Sonia Arellano
July 03, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric is thrilled to welcome Dr. Sonia Arellano to UCF. Sonia is from Austin, Texas and most recently has moved to Orlando from Tucson, Arizona. Her research engages material projects that address social justice issues, specifically regarding death. For example she examines a quilt project...
Faculty Contributions to Pegasus Magazine
July 02, 2017 The summer issue of the university’s Pegasus magazine was a special edition which focused on the arts. Two of our faculty members, Nate Holic and Allie Pinkerton, were featured in the issue to showcase their work. Nate’s contribution was a story about Robert Vendetti, UCF alumni, and his success as...
Interview by Dr. Kirk St. Amant by Jennifer Roth Miller and Jessica Lynn Campbell, Ph.D. Students
July 01, 2017 Dr. Kirk St. Amant, a professor of technical communication at Louisiana Technical University, visited our campus in April as a guest speaker to the Texts and Technology Doctoral Program. Below is an excerpt from the interview on Dr. St. Amant’s perspectives of technical communication for the future: “Understanding how technology...
Recent DWR Award Winners
June 13, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric is continuously celebrating the successes of our faculty. Over the weekend, three of our faculty members have won various awards for their accomplishments. Stephanie Vie attended the 2017 Computers and Writing conference this past weekend in Findlay, Ohio. There, she received the 2016 Charles...
4th Annual DWR Awards Ceremony
May 09, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric hosted the 4th annual awards ceremony to honor exceptional faculty and students. The ceremony and reception followed the College of Arts and Humanities graduation ceremony. All students and their families within our department were invited, and the turnout was fantastic. Three of our...
"I Am UCF" Showcase: A Success!
May 09, 2017 On May 1st, 2017, a few of our faculty and students came together for the “I Am UCF” showcase. The showcase was put on by Stephanie Wheeler and Natasha Jones as part of the Quality Enhancement Plan grant, and was organized by our department as well as with Theatre, Digital...
Angela Rounsaville Receives the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
May 09, 2017 Angie Rounsaville (pictured on the left) of Writing and Rhetoric is being celebrated for winning the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning award from the Faculty Center of Teaching and Learning. According to FCTL, this award is given to those who “make outstanding contributions to the scholarship of teaching and learning...
Dr. Blake Scott Inducted into the Scroll & Quill Society
May 02, 2017 I’ve often said that people make a university great. And that’s especially true for UCF. We have outstanding faculty and staff members who are dedicated to lifting the lives and livelihoods of our students, conducting cutting-edge research and making a difference in our community and across the globe. – A....
Dr. Stephanie Vie Delivered Keynote Speech at the 2017 MAWCA Conference
April 11, 2017 Dr. Stephanie Vie of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric was invited to give the keynote speech at the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA) Conference. Stephanie first became associated with the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) while at her previous institution—Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO—where she spent several...
Around the Texts of Writing Center Work: A New Book by Dr. R Mark Hall
April 10, 2017 The Department of Writing and Rhetoric has another faculty member to have their work published. Dr. R. Mark Hall’s new book Around the Texts of Writing Center Work: An Inquiry-Based Approach to Tutor Education was published by the University Press of Colorado and Utah State University Press. Mark’s book draws...