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Our advising team provides assistance for all students in Writing and Rhetoric programs. We hold regular open advising in Fall and Spring semesters and by appointment only in Summer.
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The UWC offers free individual and small-group consultations for any writing in any situation. Students can meet with tutors online or face-to-face in multiple locations.
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UCF Celebrates the Arts showcases campuswide creativity
April 29, 2026 UCF Celebrates the Arts 2026 showcased student and faculty creativity and community engagement across a wide range of performances, exhibitions, and interactive experiences. The two weekslong festival featured 50 events, welcomed 15,000 guests and engaged over 3,000 participants, reflecting the university’s continued investment in arts education and creative collaboration.
2026 Founders’ Day Honorees
March 13, 2026 Faculty, staff, and students from the College of Arts and Humanities are being recognized at UCF’s Founders Day on April 1.
10 Writing and Rhetoric faculty members are presenting at the Conference on College Composition and Communication
February 17, 2026 In March 2026, ten faculty members in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric are presenting at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the largest national conference in writing studies, in Cleveland, OH. Their presentation, “Constructing a Socioculturally-Informed First-Year Writing Program through Collective Actions at a Hispanic-Serving Institution,” highlights the grassroots,...
UCF Lecturer Rachel Marks Awarded with the Academic Success Partner of the Game
September 16, 2025 During UCF Football’s home opening game, Rachel Marks, lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric was awarded as Academic Success Partner of the Game.
Recent Faculty Publications
Vee Kennedy
Shane A. Wood, Nick Gardiakos, Matthew Bryan, Stuart Dees, Pamela Baker, Emily Proulx, Vee Kennedy, Melissa Pompos Mansfield, Meeghan Faulconer, Erica Maclintal, Kenneth Tanemura. “Sustaining Sociocultural Values through GenAI Principles at a Hispanic-Serving Institution.” WPA: Writing Program Administration, 50.1 December 2026.
Pamela Baker
Kevin Roozen
Roozen, Kevin. “Tracing Literate Activity: Methodological Moves toward Sociomaterial Perspectives of Creative Writing.” Seeking Our Places: Innovations in Creative Writing Research, Methodologies, and Practices. Eds. Jon Udelson and Ben Ristow, pp. 274-307. Peter Lang Press. 2026.