{"id":3313,"date":"2025-07-28T14:58:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/?page_id=3313"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:22:03","slug":"writing-rhetoric-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/writing-rhetoric-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-25 &#8211; Writing and Rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron text-center bg-inverse mb-0 p-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3870 img-fluid\" style=\"max-height: 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric.jpg\" alt=\"Knightro poses with writing and rhetoric student winners\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-header-writing-rhetoric-1536x384.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-metallic-lighter mb-0 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"padding-top: 2.25rem!important;background-color:#c4ad70!important;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary mb-4 mr-3\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/writingrhetoric\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\t\t\tstyle=\"border-color:#fff;\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDepartment website\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t Sherry Robertson, chair<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h4 text-transform-none\">Active Students <span class=\"h6 font-weight-normal\">(as of Fall 2024)*<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Undergrad majors: 104<br \/>\nUndergrad minors: 55<br \/>\nUndergrad certificates: 32<br \/>\nGraduate students: 47<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"h4 text-transform-none\">2024-25 Student Credit Hours: <span class=\"font-weight-normal\">27,811<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><small>*All active students with declared CAH programs are included in the enrollment counts.<\/small><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 pt-5 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"font-size-lg\">Celebrating a Year of Accomplishment, Empowerment, and Connection in Writing and Rhetoric<\/p>\n<p>During the 2024\u201325 academic year, the Department of Writing and Rhetoric (DWR) students, faculty and staff continued innovative programming and strengthened a collaborative culture of critical reflection. This year we celebrated the retirement of one of our department\u2019s founding faculty members, welcomed a team of ten new faculty and staff members, deepened our commitment to ethics with emerging technologies and critical AI literacy, and launched new partnerships that extend the impact of writing and rhetoric beyond the classroom and into&nbsp;communities.<\/p>\n<p>In fall 2024, we welcomed ten new colleagues whose expertise and energy are already making a powerful impact.\u00a0One of our new team members is Administrative Assistant III Nicholas Henriques \u201924, who recently graduated from the College of Business. Henriques is passionate about student success, growth and developing meaningful relationships with young professionals, as he supports the DWR graduate program. Assistant Professor Meghan Velez brings a research agenda on how definitions of \u201cgood\u201d writing shape and are shaped by institutional and community policies and practices. Velez has expanded our department\u2019s interdisciplinary reach and commitment to inclusive inquiry, particularly through her research and teaching on GenAI technologies. Kara Taczak, assistant professor, is a nationally recognized scholar in writing pedagogy and transfer theory. Taczak is co-editor of the flagship journal, <em>College Composition and Communication<\/em> (CCC). Both Velez and Taczak enrich our teaching, research and community engagement, and we are excited to have them as part of the DWR community. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/news\/new-faculty-2024\/\">colleagues new to the department in&nbsp;2024-25<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"float-right img-fluid mb-3 ml-2 alignright wp-image-3871 size-medium\" style=\"width: 35vw;max-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-student.jpg\" alt=\"Student writes message at outdoor table\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-student.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-student-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-student-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This year marked an expansion in our work with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies. Through meaningful integration of GenAI in writing instruction, students were invited to ethically, critically and creatively engage with GenAI. Students were asked to use GenAI tools for brainstorming, revising and coding data within assignments that emphasize ethical reflection and digital literacy. These practices helped students develop critical thinking skills and prepared students for real-world writing contexts. In a wide range of writing classes from first-year composition to graduate studies, faculty welcomed dialogue and instruction around GenAI to enhance student learning through assignments that involved prompt engineering, genre analysis and visual rhetoric. Critical AI literacy was a central theme, with many faculty emphasizing the importance of evaluating GenAI outputs for bias, accuracy and credibility. Students were encouraged to understand GenAI as a fallible tool and to reflect on its ethical implications. Transparency was also prioritized, as instructors included AI use policies in syllabi and requiring students to disclose when and how they use AI&nbsp;tools.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the DWR faculty earned GenAI microcredentials and certifications, and they were actively involved in AI-focused workshops, book clubs and working groups. These initiatives fostered a community of practice and supported ongoing professional development. Building on the momentum of our new AI-focused certificate <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/ai-certificate\/\">Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Human Impacts<\/a>, faculty members teaching upper-level undergraduate courses initiated reflection-based writing practices that center student awareness, critical comparison of AI-generated texts and attention to\u00a0linguistic equity. Beyond the classroom, faculty lead institutional efforts to shape responsible GenAI integration. This year DWR initiated college-level workshops on GenAI with Kyle Jensen, assistant dean of artificial intelligence and emerging digital technologies at Arizona State&nbsp;University.<\/p>\n<p>DWR faculty are contributing to national conversations on GenAI in writing and rhetoric through conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and collaborative research. Department chair Sherry Rankins-Robertson served as an AI Faculty Fellow for AAC&amp;U\u2019s \u201cInstitute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum.\u201d Other projects include studies on GenAI and communication, reflective writing and chatbot-enhanced learning environments. Shane Wood, director of first-year composition, and Senior Instructor Deborah Weaver, director of the University Writing Center, have led the curricular charge around the integration of a non-generative AI chatbot accompanied by writing groups in the University Writing Center to launch in first-year composition during fall 2025 for \u201cTEACH ME: Technology Enhanced Academic Communication to Help in Math and English,\u201d a U.S. Department of Education National Institute of Student Success grant in partnership with Morgan State and Georgia State&nbsp;(2025-27).<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"405\" class=\"float-left img-fluid mb-3 mr-3 alignleft wp-image-3868 size-medium\" style=\"width: 35vw;max-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-knightro.jpg\" alt=\"Knightro flexes with faculty member\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-knightro.jpg 407w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-knightro-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-knightro-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0First-Year Composition (FYC)\u00a0program reaffirmed its mission to support writing growth among linguistically diverse students, integrating AI with careful attention to ethics and inclusion. FYC faculty, led by Shane Wood, co-authored <em>Principles for GenAI Use in First-Year Composition <\/em>to guide syllabus policies and classroom instruction for FYC courses. These principles reflect our department\u2019s pedagogical commitment to\u00a0preserving student agency and process\u00a0while engaging with the promises and limitations of GenAI. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/writingrhetoric\/knights-write\/\">Knights Write Showcase<\/a> keynote speaker Annette Vee, associate professor of English and director of the composition program at the University of Pittsburgh, talked about the functionality of large language models (LLMs) and offered research on how faculty and students are using these technologies; she provided students and faculty with pragmatic methods for enhancing student learning and supporting critical AI&nbsp;literacy.<\/p>\n<p>The undergraduate program, championed by Stephanie Wheeler, offered robust programming in 2024-25 and students brought national attention to the writing and rhetoric degree. Honors student\u00a0Hannah Benton\u00a0represented DWR at both the\u00a0Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)\u00a0and the\u00a0National Conference of Undergraduate Research. Students benefited from a career development workshop\u00a0that bridged classroom learning with real-world application. Students practiced articulating the value of rhetorical education in professional contexts, sharpened r\u00e9sum\u00e9 writing, and received coaching on LinkedIn profiles from Kristin Paul \u201924, marketing specialist at Loyal Source Government Solutions. In support of interdisciplinary engagement, DWR collaborated across the university to explore civic discourse, democratic literacy, and public writing. Wheeler facilitated a workshop on the role of rhetoric in political discourse with Aubrey Jewett in partnership with the University Writing Center \u2014 affirming that rhetoric is foundational to functional&nbsp;societies.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0University Writing Center is thriving, as they increased student volume by more than six percent and student engagement by 70 percent. Learn more about their outstanding year under the leadership of Deborah Weaver by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/cwe-2025#uwc\">UWC Spotlight<\/a>. Under the direction of Laurie Pinkert, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/cwe-2025#wac\">Writing Across the Curriculum<\/a> program supported faculty in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fctl.ucf.edu\/programs\/summer-conference\/\">Faculty Summer Institute<\/a>, helping align their curricula with best practices in writing across disciplines. The \u201cWAC Wednesday\u201d series delivered workshops focused on GenAI and student reflection. More than 100 UCF community members participated in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=National+Day+on+Writing&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">National Day on Writing<\/a> hosted by WAC, as the program continues to champion accessible, inclusive writing instruction across&nbsp;campus.<\/p>\n<p>Led by\u00a0Melody Bowdon, the graduate program welcomed its\u00a0largest incoming cohort in over eight years and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/writingrhetoric\/program\/professional-writing-grad-certificate\/\">Professional Writing Certificate<\/a>. Kevin Roozen hosted a doctoral student from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, to support the student\u2019s scholarly works in exploring research focused on semiotic trajectories of writing, learning and becoming. This year\u2019s DWR graduate students showcased research in two\u00a0Knights Write Showcase\u00a0panels. We are proud of our many graduate student accomplishments: Nandi Mainer was accepted to the doctoral program at North Carolina State University; MeKenzie McElroy will begin Florida State University\u2019s PhD program in Rhetoric in Fall 2025; Aminta Jackson, Priscila Schilaro Santa Rosa and Erin Shorthill\u00a0began coursework in UCF\u2019s Texts &amp; Technology PhD program over the past year; Eric Williams\u00a0is teaching full-time at a middle school. In Fall 2025, Jackie Cano-Diaz will assume the position as an\u00a0English Language Arts teacher and Roz Rohrbaugh\u00a0will begin as a\u00a0DWR Visiting&nbsp;Instructor.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty research productivity continues to climb in the areas of grants, publications and scholarly conference presentations. This year faculty secured nearly $140,000 in external research grants, awards and gifts. Laurie Pinkert and her interdisciplinary colleagues are in their final year of a five-year National Science Foundation grant. Blake Scott expanded his research efforts and secured a collaborative grant project with University of Florida colleagues funded through the Florida Department of Health. Melody Bowdon, Kara Taczak and Sherry Rankins-Robertson secured a CCCC research initiative grant for \u201cWriting and Wellbeing Among Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Students.\u201d Now in its fourth year, the department continues the community-engaged partnership with the Seminole Tribe of Florida through a grant funded by the Sam and Virgina Patz Foundation. This year DWR partnered with the Department of History to expand research efforts; we were pleased to represent UCF at the Association of the Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums alongside five other Florida universities who are partnering with the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum on the Big Cypress&nbsp;reservation.<\/p>\n<p>While faculty research appeared in more than two dozen book chapters and journal articles, two faculty members had books appear in print this year, including Martha Brenckle\u2019s new collection <em>Inside a Snow Globe<\/em> and Sherry Rankins-Robertson\u2019s recent edition of her co-authored textbook <em>The McGraw Hill Guide to Writing<\/em>. Collectively, faculty presented nearly 50 conference presentations both nationally and internationally. Noteworthy international presentations included: global rhetorics scholar Esther Milu who continued her international research on Black global rhetorics in Kenya; Joel Schneier presented in Germany on his collaborative research on keystroke, emotions regulation and eye-tracking; Stephanie Wheeler presented her scholarship on rhetoric and pop culture in the Netherlands; Steffen Guenzel and Blake Scott spoke on GenAI and Technical Writing in&nbsp;Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, our department bid a fond farewell to\u00a0Senior Instructor Deborah Weaver, who retired from UCF after 27 years of service. As a\u00a0founding member of DWR, Weaver has played a foundational role in the department since its inception in 2010. Her legacy is one of generosity, excellence and student-centered leadership. She helped launch the first <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/writingrhetoric\/knights-write\/\">Knights Write Showcase<\/a>, an event that introduced the new department to the broader UCF community and contributed to the FYC Program&#8217;s recognition as a <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.ncte.org\/cccc\/awards\/writingprogramcert\">CCCC\u2019s Writing Program Certificate of Excellence<\/a>. In 2011, she founded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/imprint\/\"><em>Imprint<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> a student-run publication and experiential learning opportunity that many graduates cite as pivotal to their professional development. As the first undergraduate advisor, Weaver supported the creation of upper-division programs, including a major and minor, establishing student-centered systems that shaped the department\u2019s&nbsp;growth.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"float-right img-fluid mb-3 ml-2 alignright wp-image-3869 size-medium\" style=\"width: 35vw;max-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-weaver.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Weaver\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-weaver.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-weaver-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2025-inset-writing-rhetoric-weaver-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>One colleague credited Deborah Weaver with fostering a \u201cculture of care\u201d that has sustained the department through curricular and leadership changes. Weaver was recognized in 2017 by the Center for Success of Women Faculty as one of \u201c31 UCF Women Who Have Been Instrumental in Shaping UCF.\u201d She served as director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/uwc\/\">University Writing Center<\/a> from 2020\u20132025. In the center, she championed assessment-informed, student-focused practices and facilitated the student-engaged articulation of the center\u2019s core values \u2014 respect, compassion, inclusion, adaptability, collaboration and learning. A role model and mentor to many faculty, Weaver exemplifies a deep commitment to student success, collaborative leadership and meaningful university service. She has served as a UCF lighthouse to students and faculty alike for nearly three decades, and she will be&nbsp;missed.<\/p>\n<p>The College of Arts and Humanities thanks Sherry Rankins-Robertson for her service as chair of the department from 2020-25. During her tenure, Rankins-Robertson provided visionary leadership and transformative service. She secured over $311,000 in external funding to support community-based research with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and co-led, alongside Weaver and Wood, UCF\u2019s contribution to a $7.6 million NISS federal grant to enhance student learning in first-year writing. She guided the department\u2019s transition to robust online writing instruction and moved the department forward toward writing with emerging&nbsp;technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Her leadership fostered a strong research culture, supporting 18 faculty promotions and over $697,000 in total grant funding over five years, securing the first postdoctoral scholar in the department and increasing undergraduate and graduate enrollments by more than 20%. She spearheaded programmatic assessment efforts, supported the expansion of certificate programs, advanced student support initiatives and strengthened departmental infrastructure and external partnerships. Guided by her expertise, the department\u2019s composition program received its second CCCC \u201cWriting Program of Excellence\u201d award in 2023. A committed scholar, she has published multiple works, earned leadership certifications, and remained active in national service roles while teaching both on campus and in the local prisons. Her contributions have left a lasting impact on the department\u2019s academic reputation, research productivity and student success. Rankins-Robertson will remain at UCF as a member of the&nbsp;faculty.<\/p>\n<p>As we close this academic year, we celebrate the contributions, voices and vision of our students, alumni, faculty and staff. We continue to champion writing as a public, transformative act \u2014 one that shapes communities, challenges inequities and enriches&nbsp;lives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<hr \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 pt-4 pb-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"display-4 letter-spacing-4 text-uppercase text-center mb-5\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<!-- - Card # - --><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-wrapper mb-4 col-6 col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"card card-primary border-0 h-100 appear\">\n<div><a class=\"stretched-link text-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/understanding-political-speak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/2024-Card-WR-Understanding-Political-Speak.jpg\" alt=\"Graphic of two hands shaking torn in the middle\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"card-block d-flex flex-column justify-content-between p-0\"><a class=\"card-title h5 mb-1 p-3 h-100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/pegasus\/understanding-political-speak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understanding Political Speak<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- - 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