We explore all aspects of written communication, preparing students for a world where writing is not only textual, but also digital, visual, social, and networked.

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First-Year Writing

Professor Ann Hill Duin receives 2019-20 Imagine Fund Award

Aki Ito Joins TCAB

Writing Studies Receives Infrastructure for Learning Grant

Professor Ann Hill Duin Receives 2018-2019 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education

Barbara Jensen Wins CLA Outstanding Service Award

Rachel Presley Hired as Assistant Professor of Rhetorical Theory

Fall 2018 Department News

Time for Writing and Lingering: Minnesota Writing Project Launches Youth Camps

New Faculty Molly Kessler Brings a Healthcare Writing Focus

A Liberal Dose of Confidence

Upcoming Events

March 25, 2019

Research, Scholarly Identity, and the Academic Career Space

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The Emerging Technologies Research Collaboratory (ETRC) will be hosting a Skype session with Professor Kirk St.Amant, graduate of the RSTC PhD program (2002) and professor of technical...

April 3, 2019

Writing Studies Parlor: Pat Bruch

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“Rhetorics of Responsibility: They Say, I Say, Donald Trump, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism”

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