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Emmy-Winning Alumna Credits WRC Program With Sparking Her Passion for Writing
When AJ Willingham ’09 enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), she just wanted to be a writer. But the unique style she honed while in the writing studies, rhetoric and composition (WRC) program led her to great things,…
Panelists to Discuss Aktion T4 and Contesting the Erasure of Disability History During Virtual Event Oct. 18
Three queer Jewish disabled writers and artists each discuss their work on Aktion T4, a prime crucible of disability history, during a Zoom virtual event on Monday, Oct. 18, from 3-4:15 p.m. ET. Aktion T4 was a eugenics project in…
Why Rhetoric Matters in Academia and Beyond
It is not uncommon to hear the dismissive phrase, “Oh, that’s just rhetoric!” Its use—usually lobbed as an insult—suggests that rhetoric is simply a collection of empty phrases. But the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical studies—especially at Syracuse University and…
New Writing Courses Concentrate on Issues That Matter to Students
The writing studies department has launched a range of new 100-level courses. These introductory classes offer opportunities for students across Syracuse University to take up issues that matter to them and to use writing to effect change. While they are…
Former Iraq War Refugee, Entrepreneur to Speak on ‘Rewriting Tragedy: Empowering the Displaced’
The Nonfiction Reading Series of the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition is hosting a lecture and reading with Ahmed Badr on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 4-5:30 p.m. in 319 Sims Hall. Badr is an Iraq War refugee and…
Q&A: Ph.D. Candidate Tamara Issak on Islamophobic Rhetoric
Tamara Issak is a graduate student pursuing her doctorate in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition in the College of Arts and Sciences. It’s the next step in the New Jersey native’s academic…