*Fall 2020 schedule is not yet final.
Two-Semester First-Year Writing Courses
ENWR 1505 - Writing and Critical Inquiry: The Stretch Sequence
Offers a two-semester approach to the First Writing Requirement. This sequence allows students to take more time, in smaller sections and with support from the Writing Center, practicing and reinforcing the activities that are central to the first-year writing course. Like ENWR 1510, ENWR 1505-06 approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Students contribute to an academic conversation about a specific subject of inquiry and learn to position their ideas and research in relation to the ideas and research of others. Instructors place student writing at the center of course, encourage students to think on the page, and prepare them to reflect on contemporary forms of expression. Students read and respond to each other’s writing in class regularly, and they engage in thoughtful reflection on their own rhetorical choices as well as those of peers and published writers. Additionally, the course requires students to give an oral presentation on their research and to assemble a digital portfolio of their writing.
Fall 2020 Sections:
001 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 1100-1215
Claire Chantell
002 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 1230-145
Claire Chantell
003 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place & Belonging
MWF 100-150
Patricia Sullivan
004 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place & Belonging
MWF 1200-1250
Patricia Sullivan
007 - Writing about Identities - Literacy Narratives
TR 1100-1215
Kate Kostelnik
008 - Writing about Culture/Society - Sports & Society
TR 1100-1215
Marcus Meade
009 - Writing about Identities - Literacy Narratives
TR 930-1045
Kate Kostelnik
ENWR 1507 - Writing & Critical Inquiry Stretch Sequence for Multilingual Writers
Offers instruction in academic writing, critical inquiry, and the conventions of American English for non-native speakers of English. Space is limited, and priority is given to students who are required to take the sequence by recommendation of the admissions office, the transition program, or the writing program.
001
TR 930-1045
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari
Single-Semester First-Year Writing Courses
ENWR 1510 - Writing and Critical Inquiry (90 sections)
Approaches writing as a way of generating, representing, and reflecting on critical inquiry. Students contribute to an academic conversation about a specific subject of inquiry and learn to position their ideas and research in relation to the ideas and research of others. Instructors place student writing at the center of course, encourage students to think on the page, and prepare them to reflect on contemporary forms of expression. Students read and respond to each other’s writing in class regularly, and they engage in thoughtful reflection on their own rhetorical choices as well as those of peers and published writers. Additionally, the course requires students to give an oral presentation on their research and to assemble a digital portfolio of their writing.
Fall 2020 Sections:
001 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
MWF 900-950
Cassie Davies
002 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 100-150
Amber McBride
003 - Writing about Culture/Society - (Reserved for Transfer Students)
TR 1100-1215 (online)
Keith Driver
004 - Writing about Culture/Society -
MWF 900-950
Richard Milby
005 - Writing about Identities
TR 500-615
Elisabeth Blair
006 - Writing about Culture/Society - Monstrous Bodies
MWF 1100-1150
Kaylee Lamb
007 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 1100-1150
Amber McBride
008 - Writing about the Arts - Literary Frames and Intertextuality
MWF 800-850
Zheng-Liann Kateri Schuster
009 - Writing about Identities
MW 630-745
Emelye Keyser
010 - Writing about Science & Tech - Citizen Science
TR 930-1045
Cory Shaman
011 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 1100-1150
Indu Ohri
012 - Writing about Culture/Society - Solving Local Problems
MWF 1000-1050
Jon D'Errico
013 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 1000-1050
Ankita Chakrabarti
014 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 500-615
Sarah Storti
015 - Writing about Science & Tech - Writing Material: A Scientific Approach to Artful Communication
MWF 1200-1250
Heidi Nobles
016 - Writing about Culture/Society - Storytelling: How Narrative Shapes Culture and Experience
TR 930-1045
Anna Martin-Beecher
017 - Writing about Identities - Writing to Learn about Learning (Reserved for Transfer Students)
MW 200-315
Devin Donovan
018 - Writing about the Arts - Imitation and the Apprenticeship of Writing
MWF 900-950
Catherine Blume
019 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 500-615
Suzie Eckl
020 - Writing about the Arts - Academic Writing and Modernist Thinking
MWF 100-150
Andrew Chen
021 - Writing about Culture/Society - Religion in America
MWF 1100-1150
DeVan Ard
022 - Writing about Culture/Society - Strategic Rhetoric and Persuasive Effect
MWF 1200-1250
Robert Zenz
023 - Writing about the Arts - Reimagining Shakespeare's The Tempest
MW 500-615
Mary Ruth Robinson
024 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 1200-1250
Ankita Chakrabarti
025 - Writing about the Arts - Points of View
TR 800-915
Matt Davis
026 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
MWF 1200-1250
Cassie Davies
027 - Writing about Culture/Society - Is Chivalry Dead: From Knights and Ladies to Incels and Reality TV
MW 500-615
Katherine Churchill
028 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
MWF 100-150
Cassie Davies
029 - Writing about the Arts -
MW 330-445
Charity Fowler
030 - Writing about Culture/Society - Attention, Distraction, and the World Beyond Your Head.
MW 500-615
Anne Marie Thompson
031 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 900-950
Indu Ohri
032 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 930-1045
Lindgren Johnson
033 - Writing about the Arts - Contemporary Art
TR 800-915
Annyston Pennington
034 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 100-150
Indu Ohri
035 - Writing about Culture/Society - Solving Local Problems
MWF 1100-1150
Jon D'Errico
036 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
TR 330-445
Piers Gelly
037 - Writing about the Arts
MWF 1000-1050
Jessica Walker
038 - Writing about Culture/Society- The Talk of the Town
TR 800-915
Tom Berenato
039 - Writing about Culture/Society - Storytelling: How Narrative Shapes Culture and Experience
TR 500-615
Anna Martin-Beecher
040 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 600-715
Keith Driver
041 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place
MWF 100-150
Andrew Eaton
042 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing the Ethical Life
MWF 100-150
Derek Cavens
043 - Writing about Identities
TR 800-915
Fina Mbabazi
044 - Writing about the Arts
MWF 100-150
Jessica Walker
045 - Writing about Culture/Society - Religion in America
MWF 100-150
DeVan Ard
046 - Writing about Culture/Society - Religion in America
MWF 1000-1050
DeVan Ard
047 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place
MWF 200-250
Andrew Eaton
048 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing the 2020 Election
MWF 300-350
Hannah Loeb
049 - Writing about Culture/Society - Taste: Bad Poetry
TR 800-915
Annie Persons
050 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 800-915
Eva Latterner
051 - Writing about Culture/Society - Mysteries
TR 500-615
Julianne McCobin
052 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Art of Learning
TR 1230-145
Lisa Aguirre
053 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 900-950
Amber McBride
054 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 1100-1215
Lindgren Johnson
055 - Topic TBD -
TR 800-915
056 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
TR 800-915
Piers Gelly
057 - Writing about Identities
TR 930-1045
Fina Mbabazi
058 - Writing about Culture/Society - Documentary Nonfiction
TR 930-1045
Piers Gelly
059 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing the Ethical Life
MWF 1200-1250
Derek Cavens
061 - Writing about Science & Tech - Citizen Science
TR 1230-145
Cory Shaman
062 - Writing about Culture/Society - Hip Hop
TR 200-315
David Coyoca
063 - Writing about Culture/Society -
TR 200-315
Anastatia Curley
064 - Writing about Identities
MW 500-615
Emelye Keyser
065 - Writing about Identities
MW 500-615
Miriam Grossman
066 - Writing about Culture/Society - Storytelling: How Narrative Shapes Culture and Experience
TR 330-445
Anna Martin-Beecher
067 - Writing about Digital Media - Algorithms and Advertising - Digital Influences
TR 600-715
Sebastian Corrales
068 - Writing about Culture/Society - Music, Writing, Identity.
TR 1100-1215
Steph Ceraso
This writing-intensive seminar will focus on the connection between music and identity. We will explore our relationships to a wide range of music—from rap to indie rock—examining questions such as: How does music influence the ways we make sense of our personal and cultural histories? In what ways do our identities (race, gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, etc.) inform our musical tastes and distastes? What does music have to do with writing? In addition to reading and writing about music, students in this class will learn to write with music. In other words, you will be incorporating music into some of the course projects, such as an autobiographical playlist and a podcast about the development of musical tastes. No previous experience with digital audio editing is necessary.
069 - Writing about the Arts
MWF 1200-1250
Jessica Walker
070 - Writing and Community Engagement - Writing Power: Language Politics in Communities and Controversies
TR 630-745
Tarushi Sonthalia
071 - Writing about the Arts
MW 630-745
Mary Clare Agnew
072 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Shadows
TR 1230-145
Zoe Kempf-Harris
074 - Writing about Digital Media - (Reserved for Transfer Students)
MW 330-445
Patricia Sullivan
075 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Multiple Literacies: Digital News, Commencement Speeches, and Social Media
TR 1230-145
Katie Campbell
076 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Talk of the Town
TR 200-315
Tom Berenato
077 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Talk of the Town
TR 330-445
Tom Berenato
078 - Writing about Identities - Illness
TR 630-745
Sarah Berkowitz
079 - Writing about Culture/Society - Imprisonment
TR 630-745
Hallie Richmond
080 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 630-745
Sarah Storti
081 - Writin about Culture/Society
MW 630-745
Evan Cheney
082 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 200-315
Sarah Storti
083 - Writing about the Arts - Form and Function in Fiction and Argument
TR 500-615
Grant King
084 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing for Social Justice
TR 800-915
085 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 500-615
Samantha Wallace
086 - Writing and Community Engagement
MW 630-745
Michelle Gottschlich
087 - Writing and Community Engagement
MW 500-615
Michelle Gottschlich
088 - Writing about Culture/Society - Poetry, Chatting and Prose
MW 630-745
James Ascher
089 - Writing about Culture/Society - Poetry, Chatting and Prose
MW 500-615
James Ascher
090 - Writing as Multilingual Writers
TR 200-315
Mahmoud Abdi Tabari
This course will be a single-semester option for multilingual writers looking to fulfill the first writing requirement. This section will focus on the writing process in terms of the challenges and opportunities faced by multilingual writers writing academic prose in English.
091 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Social (In)Justice
MW 330-445
Eyal Handelsman Katz
Imagine this: it’s Thanksgiving (or Hanukkah, or any social gathering with people who might not share your ideas). It’s perfectly pleasant (or not) and then – GASP! – someone brings up that topic. The one that always leads to an argument. And it does, and you argue but, afterwards, you are disappointed with how it turned out; perhaps you forgot to say something (or said too much). In this class we will endeavor to not be disappointed. To do so we will learn how to argue but, more importantly, how to think. Our writing will be a vehicle to our thinking. But how does writing relate to social justice? How can we use our writing to enact or advocate for social justice in our community? Since social justice is such a broad concept, in this course we will learn about it through the frame of critical race theory (CRT) and discover how activists, scholars, artists and more engage with racial justice, exploring issues like systemic racism, privilege, and intersectionality. This course will give you opportunities to think and write about the social justice issues you care about so that, when it ends, you are empowered to fight for the causes you believe in and never feel unprepared to discuss the topics that matter to you.
ENWR 1520 - Writing and Community Engagement (2 sections)
001 - Writing about Food Equity
TR 1230-145 (Bryan 310)
Kate Stephenson
002 - Writing about Food Equity
TR 200-315 (Bryan 310)
Kate Stephenson
ENWR 2510 - Advanced Writing Seminar (5 sections)
001 - Writing about the Arts - Writing for Life
TR 330-445 (New Cabell 036)
Jim Seitz
In what ways can writing assist us in living our lives with passion and insight? How might writing help make us more observant, thoughtful, and curious? What qualities do we find in writing we most admire—and why? In what ways can the act of writing become more enjoyable and instructive? These are some of the questions we’ll address in this course. Be ready to share your writing with your classmates and to comment on what they share with you: student work will be at the center of our attention. We’ll read some published writers, but this is a course in which the writing produced by you and your classmates is what matters most. Writing assignments will be frequent, brief, and experimental. If you’d like to break away from the five-paragraph, intro-body-conclusion formula, you may find this course appealing.
003 - Writing about Identities - Writing Remorse and Repair
TR 1100-1215 (Bryan 334)
Tamika Carey
If the old saying is true and everyone actually make mistakes, then why are apologies so hard to write and why are some apologies more easily dismissed than others? This section of ENWR 2510 explores these questions about remorse and regret from an identity-based perspective to strengthen your methods for writing. Said differently, we will consider how class, race, gender, and other identity markers influence public perceptions of error and we will investigate how social expectations of the way regret should be expressed. By doing so, we will pursue the goal of this course, which is to cultivate and refine your analytical reading techniques, invention processes, composing practices, and strategies for revision and publication. Possible projects include short essays and a digital tracking project.
005 - Writing about the Arts -
MW 500-615 (Bryan 310)
Charity Fowler
010 - Writing about Culture/Society -
M 600-830 (Bryan 334)
Stephen Parks
011 - Writing about Identities - Contemplative Writing
MW 330-445 (Bryan 330)
Devin Donovan
Beyond First-Year Writing Courses
ENWR 2520 - Special Topics in Writing (4 sections)
001 - Rewriting Yourself: Literacy & the Brain - (This section is reserved for Echols scholars)
MWF 100-150 (Bryan 310)
Heidi Nobles
What do we know and what are we still learning about writing and the human brain? Literacy has dramatically reshaped the human brain over millennia. Yet as literacy itself evolves, we still lack satisfactory data on how writing (and its counterpart, reading) affects our neurology and cognition--and therefore, how literacy affects who we are as humans. In this reading- and writing-intensive course, we will read a range of work on literacy and cognition, including technical and popular treatments of issues such as reading and neural development, brain function during writing tasks, brain activity connected to other creative tasks, and more. We’ll read work from creativity experts, neurologists and cognitive scientists, psychologists, mental health practitioners, computer scientists, and professional writers and editors, all in trying to understand the relationship between literacy and our minds. Reading assignments will include 1-4 extended “read-in” activities; writing assignments will include a combination of creative, reflective, and research-based projects. By the term’s end, you should have an enriched sense of yourself as a reader and writer, and how your literacy practices play into your larger identity.
Note: This class welcomes students with multiple interests and backgrounds for interdisciplinary discussions about how reading and writing affect us all. Students with prior experience in or specialized interest in the brain will be able to dive deeper; students who are more inclined toward the arts and humanities can also expect engaging readings and lively writing assignments.
002 - New Media Sports Writing -
TR 1230-145 (Bryan 332)
Marcus Meade
This course is designed to help you practice (yeah, I’m talkin’ ’bout practice) rich, revelatory, and engaging sports writing utilizing digital platforms and technologies. Because sports media has become more expansive and complex over time, a wide-range of ways to do it exist. As part of this course, we will discuss different approaches to new media sports writing, their advantages and drawbacks, and we’ll practice with diverse genres and modes. Hopefully, this will provide you with some sense of the variety of ways good sports writing is done and provide you with a critical eye toward sports media.
But mostly, we’re going to have fun making cool stuff.
005 - Writing and Tutoring Across Cultures -
TR 330-445 (New Cabell 107)
Kate Kostelnik
In this course, we’ll look at a variety of texts from academic arguments, narratives, and pedagogies, to consider what it means to write, communicate, and learn across cultures. Topics will include contrastive rhetorics, world Englishes, rhetorical listening, and tutoring multilingual writers. A service learning component, in partnership with Madison House, will require students to volunteer in the C-ville Community.
008 - Science & Medical Communications - (This section is reserved for Echols Scholars)
MWF 100-150 (New Cabell 056)
Kiera Allison
An accelerated speaking and writing course for Echols Scholars on the premed or science track. We will read broadly across subjects and genres, covering a variety of academic and popular writings in the fields of biology, medicine, and the social and physical sciences; and we will study closely the rhetorical mechanics of syntax and style, inflection and intonation, paraphrase, translation, and vocal notation. Projects include a team-translation, a narrative interview, a video teaching demonstration, and an expository lecture. Expect a steady pace of reading, writing, workshopping, peer-review, technical exercises, and improvisation.
ENWR 2610 - Writing with Style
TR 200-315 (New Cabell 038)
Keith Driver
ENWR 2700 - News Writing
No fake news here, but rather progressive exercises in developing the news-writing style of writing from straight hard news to "soft" features. Satisfies Second Writing Requirement.
001
TR 930-1045 (Bryan 203)
Brian Kelly
002
TR 800-915 (Bryan 203)
Brian Kelly
ENWR 2800 - Public Speaking
001 - (This section is reserved for Echols Scholars)
MWF 1000-1050 (Bryan 310)
Kiera Allison
002
MWF 900-950 (Bryan 310)
Kiera Allison
ENWR 3640 - Writing with Sound
TR 200-315 (New Cabell 111)
Steph Ceraso
We are living in what the mainstream media has called “The Golden Age” of podcasts. Podcast listenership has almost doubled since 2008 and continues to grow steadily. But why? What is it about podcasts that makes people want to “binge listen”? What does audio offer listeners or creators that other modes of composition do not? This project-based course explores podcasting as a dynamic form of 21st century storytelling. Students will learn to script, edit, and produce their own compelling audio stories. In addition to reading about and practicing professional audio storytelling techniques (e.g. writing for the ear, serialized writing, sound and music design), students will collaboratively develop an original three-episode podcast series by the end of the semester. No experience with digital audio editing is necessary. Beginners welcome!
ENWR 3665 - Writing about the Environment
T 330-600 (Bryan 332)
Corey Shaman
ENWR 3900 - Career-Based Writing & Rhetoric
MW 330-445 (Bryan 312)
John Casteen IV
Develops proficiency in a range of stylistic and persuasive effects. The course is designed for students who want to hone their writing skills, as well as for students preparing for careers in which they will write documents for public circulation. Students explore recent research in writing studies. In the workshop-based studio sessions, students propose, write, and edit projects of their own design. (Meets second writing requirement.)