ENWR 1505 - Writing and Critical Inquiry: The Stretch Sequence (8 sections)

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.

001 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Work & the Good Life
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Claire Chantell

002 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Work & the Good Life
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM
Claire Chantell

003 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about/with Attention/Distraction​
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Patricia Sullivan

004 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about/with Attention/Distraction​
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Patricia Sullivan

005 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Attention and Distraction
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Ethan King

006 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
John Modica

007 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Attention and Distraction
TR 12:30-01:45PM
Ethan King

008 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
John Modica  

ENWR 1510 - Writing and Critical Inquiry (70+ 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.

001 -- Writing about the Arts - Navigating Challenges
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Reza Shounak

002 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Dreams
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Victoria Chen
 
003 -- Writing about Identities - Writing Beyond the Boundaries of the Mind
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Samuel Nnadi

005 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Food
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Keith Driver
 
006 -- Writing about the Arts - Writing Through Music
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Kamau Walker
 
007 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Variations of Home
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Olivia Shearer

This course dives into the art and ethics of communicating about health. You'll dissect everything from dense medical studies to viral news, learning to translate complex science into clear, compelling language. With short essays, you will develop skills to evaluate diverse sources, including medical literature, health journalism, and patient narratives, and apply responsible communication principles in contexts such as reporting research findings without hype and explaining public health issues effectively. You'll practice these communication skills throughout the semester, culminating in a final project: the creation of a zine about medicine.

014 -- Writing about Identities - Writing about Writing and Literacy
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Kate Kostelnik

How do we use writing to learn and speak back to the world? We will inquire into writing itself as we explore how writing works and the factors that shape our writing lives. Throughout the course we will be considering different genres (personal essays, academic arguments, and fiction) and trying different writing strategies (invention, reflection, critical analysis, drafting, revision, and final editing). Particular attention will be paid to developing a working knowledge of literacies and rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, and context for writing. In the latter half of the course, we’ll consider arguments about academic discourse and how college writers progress; our final projects will allow us to enter these ongoing academic conversations and articulate our own ideas and experiences in the context of scholarship.
 
015 -- Writing about Identities
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Charity Fowler
 
016 -- Writing about Identities
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Devin Donovan
(Transfer Students ONLY)
 
018 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Food
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Keith Driver
 
019 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Japan 
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Logan Abbott
 
020 -- Multilingual Writers
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Davy Tran
(Multilingual/international students ONLY)

In the tech sector, disruption has come to take on positive connotations tied to innovation and risk, but is disruption always beneficial to humanity?  In this course, we will interrogate digital communication and technology as forces of disruption, for better or worse. In what ways can disruption prompt societal transformation? In what ways might disruption threaten social systems, economic livelihoods, or even democracy itself? As we analyze the emergence of generative AI, the uses and abuses of social media, and the circulation of online trends, we will take a process-based approach to writing that privileges critical inquiry, autonomy, and voice. At the center of the course will be our Digital Media Innovation Symposium, where we will reimagine writing as a multimodal practice with the power to interrupt public debates in an age of disruption.
 
027 -- Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Tyler Carter
 
028 -- Writing & Community Engagement - Writing Charlottesville
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kevin Smith
 
029 -- Multilingual Writers
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Davy Tran
(Multilingual/international students ONLY)

In this course, we'll explore the ever-changing landscape of online communication and its profound impact on how we interact in the modern world. Think of it as your guide to navigating the digital realm—from the latest social media trends to the cutting-edge AI tools reshaping our online experiences.

We'll dive into the nitty-gritty of digital communication, examining how our language and visual expression have evolved alongside emerging technologies. You'll get hands-on experience with various digital platforms, analyzing everything from viral content to influential online campaigns. We'll also tackle the big questions:

·       How is social media shaping public discourse?
·       What role does AI play in modern writing?
·       How can we become more discerning consumers and creators of digital content?

By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of effective digital communication, a critical eye for online content, and the skills to navigate the complexities of our digital age.
 
032 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Argument and Civic Participation
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
George Abry

In this course, we will research and write persuasive essays about contemporary civic issues while learning the basics of argument. By reading critically and thinking about current events, you will have an opportunity to discover and write about issues that intrigue you. We will read from a wide range of genres and dissect contemporary and classic essays to serve as models of instruction and inspiration. However, we will learn about our topic by reading what other students have written, focusing class time on improving writing skills through peer review, class discussion, and writing exercises. 
 
033 -- Writing about Science & Technology - Writing the Planet Earth
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM 
Hannah Emilius
 
034 -- Writing about the Arts - Writing Through Music
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM 
Kamau Walker
 
035 -- Writing about Identities
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Charity Fowler
 
036 -- Writing about Digital Media - Digital Disruption
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Jodie Childers

In this course, we'll explore the ever-changing landscape of online communication and its profound impact on how we interact in the modern world. Think of it as your guide to navigating the digital realm—from the latest social media trends to the cutting-edge AI tools reshaping our online experiences.

We'll dive into the nitty-gritty of digital communication, examining how our language and visual expression have evolved alongside emerging technologies. You'll get hands-on experience with various digital platforms, analyzing everything from viral content to influential online campaigns. We'll also tackle the big questions:

·       How is social media shaping public discourse?
·       What role does AI play in modern writing?
·       How can we become more discerning consumers and creators of digital content?

By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of effective digital communication, a critical eye for online content, and the skills to navigate the complexities of our digital age.
 
039 -- Writing about Science & Tech - Writing About Medicine
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Rhiannon Goad 

This course dives into the art and ethics of communicating about health. You'll dissect everything from dense medical studies to viral news, learning to translate complex science into clear, compelling language. With short essays, you will develop skills to evaluate diverse sources, including medical literature, health journalism, and patient narratives, and apply responsible communication principles in contexts such as reporting research findings without hype and explaining public health issues effectively. You'll practice these communication skills throughout the semester, culminating in a final project: the creation of a zine about medicine.

040 -- Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Tyler Carter

041 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Nature
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Andre Bouyssounouse
 
044 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Language, Policy, and Politics
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Kate Natishan

As Edward P.J. Corbett has observed, rhetorical analysis "is more interested in a literary work for what it does than for what it is." Rhetoric - how words are chosen and used - can impact everything from how we understand problems and create policies to how we engage in politics and create identity. It's never "just words." This class will explore how language use by public figures and citizens impacts how policies are created and written as well as how the political arena is changed by the use of
language. By nature of the subject matter, we will be discussing political, social, and policy issues both past and present.

045 -- Writing about Identities - Against the College Essay, Towards Truth
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Stefan Bindley Taylor
 
046 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Language, Policy, and Politics
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kate Natishan

As Edward P.J. Corbett has observed, rhetorical analysis "is more interested in a literary work for what it does than for what it is." Rhetoric - how words are chosen and used - can impact everything from how we understand problems and create policies to how we engage in politics and create identity. It's never "just words." This class will explore how language use by public figures and citizens impacts how policies are created and written as well as how the political arena is changed by the use of
language. By nature of the subject matter, we will be discussing political, social, and policy issues both past and present.

047 -- Writing about Culture and Society - Writing Travel
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
John T. Casteen IV

This course offers students a structured series of writing assignments organized around readings that explore the concept of travel.  Fiction, nonfiction, and poems about travel—within and across cultures, by whatever means, and internal as well as external—imply narrative, discovery, and change.  Heraclitus says we never dip our foot in the same river twice; the river has changed, but so have we.  Students will not need to buy any textbooks for this course but will read widely: Louis Menand on going to college, James Baldwin in a Swiss village, David Foster Wallace on a cruise ship, Rebecca Mead on swimming across England.  Writing assignments will include reflective, narrative, argumentative, research, instructional, and associative pieces.  The course emphasizes clear, effective, stylish prose for students’ academic and professional goals.
 
048 -- Writing about the Arts - Sci-Fi and its Present
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Hodges Adams
 
049 -- Writing about Science & Tech
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Cory Shaman
 
052 -- Writing about the Arts - Writing the Absurd
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Vincent Perrone
 
055 -- Writing about Identities - Writing about Writing and Literacy
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Kate Kostelnik

How do we use writing to learn and speak back to the world? We will inquire into writing itself as we explore how writing works and the factors that shape our writing lives. Throughout the course we will be considering different genres (personal essays, academic arguments, and fiction) and trying different writing strategies (invention, reflection, critical analysis, drafting, revision, and final editing). Particular attention will be paid to developing a working knowledge of literacies and rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, and context for writing. In the latter half of the course, we’ll consider arguments about academic discourse and how college writers progress; our final projects will allow us to enter these ongoing academic conversations and articulate our own ideas and experiences in the context of scholarship.
 
056 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing around the Mystical
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Robert Yates
 
057 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
TR 11:00AM-12:45PM
Rory Sullivan

Dismissively calling any sport “sportsball” belies the essential role sports play in shaping culture and human relations. This powerful effect is perpetuated through the various media compositions that surround sports. In this class, we will explore these various composition modes to analyze the voices, genres, composition choices, and audiences that surround sports and make them such a powerful force in shaping culture and society. By composing game summaries, audio podcasts, and research papers, we will practice connecting sports to their social impact, all while developing our own voices as writers. 

059 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing around the Mystical
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Robert Yates
 
060 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Travel
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
John T. Casteen IV

This course offers students a structured series of writing assignments organized around readings that explore the concept of travel.  Fiction, nonfiction, and poems about travel—within and across cultures, by whatever means, and internal as well as external—imply narrative, discovery, and change.  Heraclitus says we never dip our foot in the same river twice; the river has changed, but so have we.  Students will not need to buy any textbooks for this course but will read widely: Louis Menand on going to college, James Baldwin in a Swiss village, David Foster Wallace on a cruise ship, Rebecca Mead on swimming across England.  Writing assignments will include reflective, narrative, argumentative, research, instructional, and associative pieces.  The course emphasizes clear, effective, stylish prose for students’ academic and professional goals.

061 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Towards Animals
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
YK Kim
 
062 -- Writing about Identities - Writing about Writing and Literacy
TR 12:30-01:45PM
Kate Kostelnik

How do we use writing to learn and speak back to the world? We will inquire into writing itself as we explore how writing works and the factors that shape our writing lives. Throughout the course we will be considering different genres (personal essays, academic arguments, and fiction) and trying different writing strategies (invention, reflection, critical analysis, drafting, revision, and final editing). Particular attention will be paid to developing a working knowledge of literacies and rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, and context for writing. In the latter half of the course, we’ll consider arguments about academic discourse and how college writers progress; our final projects will allow us to enter these ongoing academic conversations and articulate our own ideas and experiences in the context of scholarship.
 
063 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Food/Writing
TR 06:30PM-07:45PM
Vinayak Dewan
 
064 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Clothing, Style, and the Self
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Ella Simpson

065 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Outside
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Jodan Norviel
  
067 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Ethics of Sports
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Riley Quartermain
 
068 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Rory Sullivan

Dismissively calling any sport “sportsball” belies the essential role sports play in shaping culture and human relations. This powerful effect is perpetuated through the various media compositions that surround sports. In this class, we will explore these various composition modes to analyze the voices, genres, composition choices, and audiences that surround sports and make them such a powerful force in shaping culture and society. By composing game summaries, audio podcasts, and research papers, we will practice connecting sports to their social impact, all while developing our own voices as writers. 
 
069 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Love
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Courtney Watts
 
070 -- Writing about the Arts - Film Adaptations
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Mary Lane Taibl

Over the past few years, it seems like there has been a rise in book-to-screen adaptations with a new announcement to adapt a popular novel every other week. While debates surrounding film adaptations have been prominent since the creation of the silver screen, examining and engaging with these debates feels paramount during this major surge of adaptation in pop culture. In this course, you will be reading texts, watching their film adaptations, examining what others have said about them, and developing your own ideas about how these stories transfer across mediums. In addition, we will ask what happens if we treat adaptations not as a “copy” of the original text, but as a type of critical response to it? You will explore the relationship between a text and its adaptation, navigating your ideas on how different mediums, cultural contexts, general audiences, and interpretations impact the framework of the narrative and its overall meaning.

Throughout the semester, you will use writing to ask questions, identify problems or interesting concepts, respond to other’s ideas, consider multiple perspectives, and imagine alternative arguments to your own. By framing writing as a form of inquiry, the goal is to use writing as a place for you to explore and wrestle with uncertainty rather than provide an all-encompassing answer. Ultimately, this class will have you rethinking the process of adaptation in terms of writing and discovering your own creative and critical tools to interpret stories, media, and the world around you.
 
071 -- Writing about the Arts - Fictional Heroes and Villains
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Carla Sobrado
 
072 -- Writing about the Arts - Writing the Absurd
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Vincent Perrone
 
073 -- Writing about Culture/Society - On Food: Personal, Public, and Systemic
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Tayler Bunge

074 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Poetic Fragments
MWF 03:30PM-04:45PM
Kaitlyn Airy

075 -- Writing and Community Engagement - Walking Charlottesville
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Kate Stephenson

This seminar will explore the connections between walking, writing, social justice, and activism. There is a long history of walking as a means of igniting thought, creativity, and dialogue that dates back to the meanderings of Socrates and Aristotle and continues through the strolls of the Romantic poets, the city wanderings of the fictional J. Alfred Prufrock and Clarissa Dalloway, and the outdoor hikes of Wendell Berry. But walking isn’t just linked to creativity and conversation; it’s also clearly connected to social justice. Walking to freedom, as depicted in myriad slave narratives and immigration stories, as well as walking for freedom in the form of protest marches, both past and present, are important reminders that our footsteps matter. In this class, we will consider how walking can be both a solo activity and a means of creating community. By walking together, we will learn about the places and histories around us. The course will be structured around biweekly walks primarily themed around social justice. All walks and place-based visits will include time for reflective writing.

077 -- Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Lyd Havens

078 -- Writing about Identities - Writing a Walk
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Tara Mctague

079 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About the Afterlife
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Geoff Chaplin

080 -- Writing about the Arts - Writing as Travel
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Martha Holler

081 -- Writing about Identities - Girlhood in Media
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Autumn Hall

082 -- Writing about Identities - Against The College Essay, Towards Truth
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Stefan Bindley Taylor

083 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Storytelling Across Mediums
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Paola Mendez Garcia

084 -- Writing about Identities - Writing about Feeling(s)
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Kat Cheng

085 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Love
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Courtney Watts

086 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Language, Body Language, and Community
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Adnan Zarif

087 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Poetic Fragments
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Kaitlyn Airy

088 -- Writing about Digital Media - Video Games: No Fun Allowed
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Alex Slansky

089 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About the Afterlife
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Geoff Chaplin

ENWR 1520 - Writing and Community Engagement (4 sections)

001 -- Writing about Food Justice
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Kate Stephenson

Why do we eat what we eat? Do poor people eat more fast food than wealthy people? Why are Cheetos cheaper than cherries? Do you have to be skinny to be hungry? By volunteering at the UVA Student Garden, Morven Kitchen Garden, UVA Community Food Pantry, Loaves and Fishes, or the PVCC Community Garden and using different types of writing, including journal entries, forum posts, peer reviews, and formal papers, we will explore topics like food insecurity, food production, hunger stereotypes, privilege, urban gardening, and community engagement.  

Community engagement courses depend on creating pathways between different kinds of knowledge that enable us to learn with our minds, hearts, and bodies. The classroom is not a place where we find the answer; instead, it is a space for inquiry where process rather than product prevails. We will explore first-hand the ways in which academic conversations—and civic conversations—emphasize questions rather than answers. We will redefine knowledge—where it originates, who creates it, and how it circulates—by seeing the community outside the classroom as a site of knowledge production. 

Community Partners—UVA Student Garden, Morven Kitchen Garden, UVA Community Food Pantry, Loaves and Fishes, Food Assist, Feel Good, and PVCC Community Garden.

All students will have the opportunity to volunteer weekly at the UVA Student Garden (SG), Morven Kitchen Garden (MKG), UVA Community Food Pantry (FP), Loaves and Fishes (LF), Feel Good (FG), or PVCC Community Garden (PCG). Scheduling, including time slots and transportation, will be coordinated with the help of the professor and Madison House.  Students should complete their chosen number of hours by April 29th and submit their community engagement log on Canvas. We will receive training from the gardens and Madison House in preparation for our partnership. During those sessions, we will think deeply about the ethics of community engagement in both theoretical and practical terms in order to align our interactions with the following principles: co-production, responsibility, equity, authentic partnership, and mutuality.

002 -- You and A.I.
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Piers Gelly

In this course, we will practice the skills associated with college-level writing by asking a provocative question of one another: in the age of ChatGPT, do we still need writing courses like this one?

003 -- Native American Rhetoric
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Sarah Richardson

Who writes history and how do we know if it is accurate? This course will focus on how Native American histories are written and analyze the impacts of the rhetorical choices made in writing Native histories. Students will learn concepts such as: colonization, rhetoric, dominant and counter narratives, and current and past representations in memory. Students will also learn how to research, compose, and revise ethical and effective arguments to address specific audiences.

004 -- Native American Rhetoric
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Sarah Richardson

Who writes history and how do we know if it is accurate? This course will focus on how Native American histories are written and analyze the impacts of the rhetorical choices made in writing Native histories. Students will learn concepts such as: colonization, rhetoric, dominant and counter narratives, and current and past representations in memory. Students will also learn how to research, compose, and revise ethical and effective arguments to address specific audiences.

005 -- You and A.I.
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Piers Gelly

ENWR 2510 - Advanced Writing Seminar (3+ sections)

002 -- Writing about Identities 
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM 
Devin Donovan

004 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM 
Penny Von Eschen
Cross-listed with HIST 1501

005 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Anri Yasuda
Cross-listed with JPTR 2810

006 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM 
Natasha Heller
Cross-listed with RELB 2280

007 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM 
Rolando Vargas
Cross-listed with ARTH 2591

008 -- Writing about Culture/Society
W 02:00PM-04:30PM 
Julia Cassaniti
Cross-listed with RELG 2610

009 -- Writing about Culture/Society - Dangerous Bodies: Obscenity, Sex, and Censorship
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Sarah Orsak
Cross-Listed with WGS 2410

What distinguishes the artistic and educational from the pornographic? While one Supreme Court Justice famously declared “I know it when I see it,” this remains a highly contested question in American politics, shaping discussions about education, the internet, sexual violence, and reproductive healthcare.

In this course, we ask: what do different approaches to obscenity and pornography reveal about the politics of gender and sexuality in the US? How do we come to understand some bodies and acts as deviant or dangerous? The course moves thematically. First, we focus on art and visual culture, asking how race and gender shape how we “see” obscenity. Then we turn to histories of feminism, addressing how debates about pornography have shaped (and torn apart) feminist movements. The course ends by addressing the contemporary resurgence of obscenity as a site of political concern, focusing on the internet and reproductive healthcare.

In this exploration of obscenity as a concept, we will engage a range of texts; in addition to feminist and queer scholarship, readings include personal essays, historical documents, and news articles.

010 -- Writing about Science and Technology - Introduction to Mathematical Writing
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Julie Bergner
Cross-Listed with MATH 2559

The course will enable students to develop their writing skills with a focus on mathematical topics. It should facilitate students' ability to communicate effectively in later courses in mathematics and related disciplines.

011 -- Writing about Culture/Society
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Hanadi Al-Samman
Cross-Listed with MEST 2270

012 -- Writing about Culture/Society
W 02:00PM-04:30PM
Caroline Kahlenberg
Cross-Listed with MEST 1710

013 -- Writing about Culture/Society
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Jeffrey Grossman
Cross-Listed with GETR 2710

014 -- Writing about Culture/Society
T 02:00PM-04:30PM
Lean Sweeney
Cross-Listed with HILA 2501

ENWR 2520 - Special Topics in Writing (6 sections)

001 -- Community Engagement with UVA's Indigenous History
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Sarah Richardson

This section of ENWR 2520, Community Engagement with UVA’s Indigenous History, will focus on using rhetorical approaches to help students improve critical reading and writing skills and craft effective arguments. Rhetoric is the study of persuasion, and we’ll spend time analyzing arguments to determine why audiences might be persuaded by them and the benefits and harm rhetoric has on indigenous communities. Students will also learn how to research, compose, and revise ethical and effective arguments to address specific audiences. In particular, this course will focus on applicable concepts to the Monacan Nation.

002 -- Listening to Horror
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Kate Natishan

In this class we explore the genre of cosmic horror: fiction that emphasizes the fear of the unknowable and incomprehensible. We will be reading and listening to examples of the macabre, the unnerving, and the eerie while grappling with the existence of entities beyond human comprehension. We begin with a brief overview of the history of cosmic horror concepts and its place in society before moving on to a deep dive into two horror podcasts. Throughout the semester, we will examine how sound design, voice acting, and other aural elements enhance written scripts. The content in this course (and sometimes its creators) can be challenging: we’ll explore ways to think critically about the things we enjoy and we’ll work together to continue enjoying imperfect creations.

ECHOLS STUDENTS ONLY

005 -- Writing and Generative AI
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Ethan King

This humanities-based writing seminar explores generative AI as a rhetorical and cultural force reshaping how we read, write, and think. Students will cultivate AI awareness through functional understanding of how these systems work, rhetorical insight into how they shape meaning, and ethical inquiry into the risks they pose, while developing their writing through critical analysis, reflection, and AI experiments.

ECHOLS STUDENTS ONLY

006 -- Narrative Argument
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Tyler Carter

In this SWR course students will explore the possibilities of making arguments through personal narrative via rhetorical and narrative theory. In addition to writing narrative arguments, students will read and analyze popular and literary texts that range from editorials in mass media publications to creative non-fiction and lyric essays.

ECHOLS STUDENTS ONLY

007 -- Writing from Research to Publication
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Rory Sullivan

Rather than thinking about writing as a short-term activity, this course will explore the ways that ideas develop over a semester by working in different composition processes. As a class, we will establish a topic, stage a conference, solicit papers, and publish an interdisciplary journal. By working in these different modes, we will develop research projects, as well as presentation and publication practices.

ECHOLS STUDENTS ONLY

008 -- Writing in a Global World: Issues of Global Media
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM 
Dana Little

In this course, we will look at how social media platforms shape global communication and personal identity. By investigating how messages travel across digital borders on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, we will identify the ways algorithms influence what users encounter and believe. By applying rhetorical tools and digital ethnography, we will investigate how global social groups take shape, how narratives circulate, and how writers can communicate ethically in highly networked environments often influenced by AI interference. Assignments invite us to review digital content, analyze platform dynamics, and develop strategies for effective, culturally approachable writing in global online spaces.

ENWR 2610 - Writing with Style

TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Keith Driver

Investigates the role of style in the writing process. What does it mean to write with attention to style? How can attention to style be generative? Students will explore the variety, uses, and implications of a broad range of stylistic moves available in prose writing and build a rich vocabulary for describing them. Students will imitate and analyze exemplary writing and discuss each other’s writing in a workshop setting. (Meets second writing requirement.)

ENWR 2640 - Writing as Technology

TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Patricia Sullivan

This course explores historical, theoretical, and practical conceptions of writing as technology. We will study various writing systems, the relation of writing to speaking and visual media, and the development of writing technologies (manuscript, printing presses, typewriters, hypertext, text messaging, and artificial intelligence). Students will produce written academic and personal essays, but will also experiment with multimedia electronic texts, such as web sites, digital essays/stories, and AI generated texts

ENWR 2700 - News Writing

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kate Sweeney

This course focuses on the development of basic writing skills, with craftsmanship the emphasis. We will study, discuss, and rewrite old and new newspaper stories in a workshop setting. Readings will be taken from texts and various other sources. Progress from short hard-news pieces through speech stories, legislative and political coverage, the use of narrative and on to other news features. Repeated writing drills. Fair to good typing or word processing skills required. It will be essential to follow current events as well.

ENWR 2800 - Public Speaking

TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
John Modica

ENWR 3500 - Topics in Advanced Writing and Rhetoric

001 -- Rhetoric of Crime
MW 02:00PM-03:15
Rhiannon Goad

Sensational news headlines, tough-on-crime political campaigns, and gripping true crime narratives: how we talk about crime profoundly shapes our understanding of criminals, victims, justice, and social order. This course explores the rhetorical dimension of crime, examining the persuasive strategies used to define crime, influence public perception, and shape policy in contemporary culture. Together, we will critically analyze how language constructs our reality of crime and punishment. Through a series of analytic papers and a podcast, students will use rhetorical analysis to identify significant trends in crime discourse, identify agents shaping these narratives, and develop a critical perspective on the power of language in matters of law, order, and justice. 

ENWR 3640 - Writing with Sound

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Steph Ceraso

In this collaborative, project-based course, students will learn to script, design, edit, and produce an original podcast series. In addition to reading about and practicing professional audio storytelling techniques (e.g. interviewing, writing for the ear, sound design), each student will get to work with a team to produce an episode for the podcast series. No experience with digital audio editing is necessary. Beginners welcome!

ENWR 3665 - Writing about the Environment

TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Cory Shaman

ENWR 3680 - Writing and Documentary Film

MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Jodie Childers

Merging theory and practice, this course invites students to explore the writing process through the lens of documentary film. Through analyzing films and creating formal documentary film treatments, students explore the tension between artistry and pragmatism as they deepen their understanding of documentary film as a genre, confronting its affordances—both the possibilities and the constraints.

ENWR 3740 - Black Women's Writing & Rhetoric

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Tamika Carey

ENWR 3900 - Career Based Writing and Rhetoric

MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
John T. 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.

ENWR 1506 - 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.

001 - Writing about Identities  - Collaborative Inquiry Into Race & Identity
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (BRN 330)
Kate Kostelnik

In this class, we will complete collaborative inquires. The first inquiry will be into race and identity. In March, you and your group will investigate issues of race locally. While all the work you do in all your classes are inquiries into disciplines and subjects, the research and revision that goes into writing projects (or course papers) are usually non-collaborative. In other words, you choose a topic, analyze texts, reflect, and then write. Collaborative inquiry is different in that you and your peers choose the same topic and sources. While you will write your own projects, you will research and discuss sources collaboratively. You will not just work reflectively, but reflexively. This project is based off of Donna Qualley’s Turns of Thought, from which we will read excerpts.

002 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 312)
Claire Chantell

003 - Writing about Culture/Society​
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM (COC 101)
Claire Chantell

004 - Writing about Culture/Society​
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 203)
Patricia Sullivan

005 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (CAB 042)
Kate Natishan

006 - Writing about Identities - Collaborative Inquiry Into Race & Identity
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (BRN 332)
Kate Kostelnik

In this class, we will complete collaborative inquires. The first inquiry will be into race and identity. In March, you and your group will investigate issues of race locally. While all the work you do in all your classes are inquiries into disciplines and subjects, the research and revision that goes into writing projects (or course papers) are usually non-collaborative. In other words, you choose a topic, analyze texts, reflect, and then write. Collaborative inquiry is different in that you and your peers choose the same topic and sources. While you will write your own projects, you will research and discuss sources collaboratively. You will not just work reflectively, but reflexively. This project is based off of Donna Qualley’s Turns of Thought, from which we will read excerpts.

007 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (CAB 056)
Kate Natishan

008 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 203)
Patricia Sullivan  

ENWR 1510 - Writing and Critical Inquiry (70+ 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.

001 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (CAB 027)
Tyler Carter

002 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (CAB 064)
Tyler Carter
 
003 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Good Life
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 310)
John Modica

004 - Writing about the Arts - The Writer and the Reader
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (BRN 312)
Caroline Erickson

005 - Writing about Identities
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 312)
Anna Gomboeva
 
006 - Writing about the Arts - The Fool
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 334)
Bella Lewis
 
007 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing as an Exploratory Act
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM (BRN 310)
Adnan Zarif
 
008 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (KER 317)
Jeddie Sophronius
 
009 - Writing about the Arts - Rhetorics of Animation
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (BRN 330)
M Stiffler
 
010 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 06:30PM-07:45PM (BRN 330)
Keith Driver
 
011 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Environments​
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (BRN 312)
John T. Casteen IV

012 - Multilingual Writers
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM (BRN 310)
Davy Tran
(Multilingual/international students ONLY)
 
013 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM (BRN 332)
Jodie Childers

014 - Writing about Culture/Society - Assessing Performance, Risk, and Reward
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (BRN 312)
Jon D'Errico
 
015 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Monsters
MW 08:30AM-09:45AM (BRN 330)
Cameron Berry
 
016 - Writing about the Arts - What is There not There?
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM (AST 265)
Alexa Luborsky
 
017 - Writing about Identities - Gender in Speculative Fiction
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (BRN 310)
Spencer Grayson
 
018 - Writing about Culture/Society - Magical Realism and Migration
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 330)
Jess Gomez
 
019 - Writing about Identities
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (CAB 315)
Anna Gomboeva
 
020 - Writing about Identities
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (BRN 330)
devin donovan
 
021 - Writing about Culture/Society - Native American Rhetoric
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (CAB 056)
Sarah Richardson

022 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place, Seeing, & Ethics
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (BRN 332)
Ethan Evans
 
024 - Writing about Digital Media
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (CAB 068)
Dana Little
  
025 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 332)
Tanner Hansen
 
027 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (KER 317)
Hodges Adams
 
028 - Writing about Culture/Society - Assessing Performance, Risk, and Reward
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 312)
Jon D'Errico
 
029 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 332)
Tanner Hansen
 
030 - Writing about Science & Tech
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (BRN 330)
Cory Shaman
 
031 - Writing about the Arts​
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 235)
Henrietta Hadley
 
032 - TBA
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 334)
TBA
 
033 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (CAB 068)
Kaitlyn Airy
 
034 - Writing about Science & Tech
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (BRN 330)
Cory Shaman
 
035 - Multilingual Writers
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (BRN 310)
Davy Tran
(Multilingual/international students ONLY)
 
036 - Writing & Community Engagement - Walking Charlottesville
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 310)
Kate Stephenson

037 - Writing about Identities - Writing about Emotions
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 332)
Zana Christjohn
 
038 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (CAB 044)
Mack Gregg
 
039 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Good Life
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (BRN 332)
John Modica
 
040 - Writing about the Arts - Words and the World
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 312)
Aryeh Lieber
 
041 - Writing about the Arts - (Re)Buildings
MW 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 312)
Gabby Kiser
 
042 - TBA
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 332)
George Abry
 
043 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 312)
Hodes Adams
 
044 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM (KER 317)
Lydia Brown
 
045 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (BRN 332)
Jodie Childers 
 
046 - Writing about the Arts - Writers on Writing
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (CAB 036)
Zoe Kempf-Harris
 
047 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Television
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (BRN 332)
Cristina Griffin
 
048 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Public Health
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 310)
Rhiannon Goad
 
049 - TBA
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM (CAB 044)
George Abry
 
051 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Public Health
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 310)
Rhiannon Goad
 
052 - Writing about Culture/Society - Native American Rhetoric
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (BRN 312)
Sarah Richardson
 
053 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Landscape
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM (BRN 334)
Shalmi Barman
 
054 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (BRN 310)
Piers Gelly
 
055 - Writing about the Arts - Writing About Comedy
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (CAB 207)
Derek Cavens
 
056 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (BRN 334)
Kevin Smith
 
057 - Writing about the Arts - The Writer and the Reader
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 310)
Caroline Erickson

058 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 310)
Piers Gelly
 
059 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Nature and Environment
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 312)
Mason Robertson
 
060 - Writing about Culture/Society - At the Margins of Queer and Trans
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 334)
Karthik Shankar
 
061 - Writing about the Arts - The Fool
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 334)
Bella Lewis
 
062 - Writing about Digital Media
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (CAB 064)
Dana Little
 
063 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (CAB 027)
Courtney Watts
 
064 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 312)
Tom Williams
 
065 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (CAB 044)
Mack Gregg
 
066 - Writing about Culture/Society - Place, Seeing, & Ethics
MWF 01:00AM-01:50AM (BRN 332)
Ethan Evans

067 - Writing about Identities
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 330)
devin donovan
 
068 - Writing about the Arts - What is There not There?
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (AST 265)
Alexa Luborsky
 
069 - Writing about the Arts - Writing About Comedy
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (CAB 207)
Derek Cavens
 
070 - Writing about Culture/Society - Storytelling Across Mediums
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 330)
Paola Mendez-Garcia
 
071 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing into Wonder
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (BRN 334)
Cy March
 
073 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Joy
MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM (BRN 330)
River Robins

074 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Misinformation
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM (BRN 332)
Jack Crouse

075 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing into Wonder
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM (BRN 334)
Cy March

076 - Writing about Culture/Society
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM (CAB 407)
Garrett Kim

078 - Writing about Identities - Aliens and Identities
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (BRN 334)
Charity Fowler

079 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Passions and Pursuits
TR 05:00PM-05:15PM (SHN 111)
Alison Cotti-Lowell

ENWR 1520 - Writing and Community Engagement (1 section)

001 - Writing and Community Engagement - Writing about Food Justice
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (BRN 310)
Kate Stephenson

Why do we eat what we eat? Do poor people eat more fast food than wealthy people? Why are Cheetos cheaper than cherries? Do you have to be skinny to be hungry? By working at the UVA Student Garden, Morven Kitchen Garden, UVA Community Food Pantry, Loaves and Fishes, or the PVCC Community Garden and using different types of writing, including journal entries, forum posts, peer reviews, and formal papers, we will explore topics like food insecurity, food production, hunger stereotypes, privilege, urban gardening, and community engagement.

ENWR 2510 - Advanced Writing Seminar (4 sections)

001 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 3:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 330)
Tyler Carter

003 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 310)
John Modica

004 - Writing about the Arts - Fandom Ethnography
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (SHN 111)
Charity Fowler

ENWR 2520 - Special Topics in Writing (9 sections)

001 - Writing and Documentary Film
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM (RTN 150)
Jodie Childers

002 - Writing Democratic Rights
T 06:00PM-08:30PM (CAB 411)
Steve Parks

003 - Writing Human Rights
M 06:00PM-08:30PM (CAB 411)
Steve Parks

005 - Audible Writing
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM (CAB 064)
Jon D'Errico

006 - Writing about Medicine
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM (BRN 310)
Rhiannon Goad

007 - Engaging with the Monacan Nation
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (KER 317)
Sarah Richardson

008 - Personal Writing: Experience and Expression
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (AST 265)
Jim Seitz

009 - Personal Writing: Experience and Expression
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (SHN 111)
Jim Seitz

010 - Writing and Games
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (DR1 105)
Kate Natishan

 

ENWR 2700 - News Writing

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (NAU 341)
Kate Sweeney

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.

ENWR 2800 - Public Speaking

MW 02:00PM-03:15PM (CAB 107)
devin donovan

ENWR 3500 - Topics in Advanced Writing & Rhetoric

001 - Environmental Justice Writing
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (CAB 594)
Cory Shaman

002 - Race, Rhetoric, and Social Justice
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM (SHN 111)
Sethunya Mokoko

ENWR 3550 - Advanced Topics in Digital Writing & Rhetoric

001 - Mapping
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (BRN 334)
Kevin Smith

ENWR 3620 - Writing and Tutoring Across Cultures

TR 03:30PM-04:45PM (BRN 312)
Kate Kostelnik

ENWR 3640 - Writing with Sound

F 01:00PM-03:30PM (BRN 233)
Piers Gelly

ENWR 3660 - Travel Writing

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (AST 265)
Kate Stephenson

Why is everyone suddenly going to Portugal? Why do we travel? What is the difference between a traveler and a tourist?  Using different types of writing, including journal entries, forum posts, peer reviews, and formal papers, we will explore the world of travel writing.  Since we all write best about ideas we are passionate about, we will work together to generate interesting questions about the role of travel in our culture, as well as about specific books and essays. We will also investigate the world of tourism and consider the many ethical issues that arise in the exploration of our modern world. Throughout the course, we will ponder questions like:  

• What is the relationship between travel writer, reader, and inhabitant?  
• How can we use writing to navigate the relationship between writer, reader, inhabitant, and place?  
• What is the role of “outsider” in travel writing? 
• How does travel writing encourage us to see ourselves differently?  
• How can we use the very best of travel writing—the sense of discovery, voice, narrative suspense—in other forms of writing, including academic essays?  
• Can travel writing evoke political and social change? 

As the semester unfolds, I hope we will revise and refine our views, paying close attention to how we put words together to write powerfully and engagingly about travel. 

ENWR 3740 - Black Women's Writing & Rhetoric

TR 09:30AM-10:45AM (CAB 594)
Tamika Carey

ENWR 3750 - Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Conspiracy Theories

MW 03:30-04:45PM (CDW 2677)
Kenny Fountain

ENWR 3900 - The Forbes Seminar in Career-based Writing and Rhetoric

TR 03:00PM-04:45PM (BRN 332)
Dana Little

ENWR 1506 - 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.

001 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
John Modica

002 - Writing about Culture/Society - Work and the Good Life
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM
Claire Chantell

003 - Writing about Culture/Society - Work and the Good LifeIn this class, we will practice critical inquiry and hone our writing skills by engaging with one of the most familiar aesthetic forms of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the television show. As we read, watch, discuss, and write about television together, our goal will be to approach this familiar form with a fresh perspective, not taking anything about television for granted. How do the formal elements of television shows—their genres, storytelling capacities, narrative features, and serial formats—build compelling worlds? How can we approach these tv worlds analytically while also valuing the emotional impact of television? How do television shows critique and generate culture? Over the course of the semester, we will read scripts that turned into episodes, read critical writing about television, and of course we will also watch a variety of tv episodes.But more than anything, we will write about television: we will build up our capacity to analyze television and then turn that inquiring perspective onto our own writing. If television shows build worlds out of words—and if those worlds can and do have a giant impact, for better or worse, on the world we live in—then we will take seriously how we can develop our own writing and re-approach our practices of world-building and meaning-making through our words.​
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Claire Chantell

004 - Writing about Culture/Society - Language and Culture: Brain Rot or Demure​
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Patricia Sullivan

005 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Mental Health and Well-Being in College Life
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Ethan King

006 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
John Modica

007 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Mental Health and Well-Being in College Life
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Ethan King

008 - Writing about Culture/Society - Language and Culture: Brain Rot or Demure
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Patricia Sullivan  

ENWR 1510 - Writing and Critical Inquiry (70+ 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.

001 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Tyler Carter

002 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing about Attention
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Tyler Carter
 
003 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Alison Cotti-Lowell

004 - Writing about Identities - Writing from Memory
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Samuel Nnadi

005 - Writing about the Arts - Reading for Pleasure
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Hodges Adams

In our busy collegiate lives, reading for pleasure falls easily by the wayside. This course seeks to help students make time to broaden and cultivate their reading, directed by each student’s individual interests; this course also seeks to challenge each student in their reading and thinking by exposing them to texts across a variety of genres. How do we encounter texts that we don’t enjoy or don’t understand? What strategies can we develop for reading more attentively, thinking more deeply, and writing with greater curiosity? The primary mode of inquiry will be in-class group discussion and in-class writing exercises. Reading, writing, researching, and revising carefully and with intention are the aims of this course. Student papers will be peer reviewed and revised multiple times during the semester. 
 
006 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing as Travel
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Martha Holler
 
007 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Music
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Kamau Walker
 
008 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Music
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Kamau Walker
 
009 - Writing about Digital Media - Video Games: No Fun Allowed
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Alex Slansky
 
010 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Food
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Keith Driver

011 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Environments
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
John Casteen

012 - Multilingual Writers
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Davy Tran

This section is designed specifically for undergraduate multilingual students who use English as a second or additional language, including international students. Students will develop academic writing skills for success at U.S. universities, including paraphrasing and summarizing, organizing paragraphs and essays, using research databases, and applying APA citation and reference conventions. Readings, discussions, and writing assignments will center on topics students choose, which allows them to explore their interests while developing critical thinking and academic writing skills. Students who use only English at home and at school are strongly discouraged from enrolling, even if the class fits their schedule.
 
013 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Ethics of Sports
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Riley Quartermain

014 - Writing about Culture/Society - Assessing Performance, Risk, and Reward
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM 
Jon D'Errico
 
015 - Writing about Identities - To Feel or Not to Feel: Writing About Feelings
MW 08:30AM-09:45AM
Qiujie Cheng
  
016 - Writing about Culture/Society - Variations of Home
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Olivia Shearer

In this course, we'll explore the ever-changing landscape of online communication and its profound impact on how we interact in the modern world. Think of it as your guide to navigating the digital realm—from the latest social media trends to the cutting-edge AI tools reshaping our online experiences.

We'll dive into the nitty-gritty of digital communication, examining how our language and visual expression have evolved alongside emerging technologies. You'll get hands-on experience with various digital platforms, analyzing everything from viral content to influential online campaigns. We'll also tackle the big questions:

·       How is social media shaping public discourse?
·       What role does AI play in modern writing?
·       How can we become more discerning consumers and creators of digital content?

By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of effective digital communication, a critical eye for online content, and the skills to navigate the complexities of our digital age.
  
023 - Writing about Identities - Childhood in Media
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Autumn Hall
 
024 - Writing about Identities - Against the College Essay—Towards Truth
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Stefan Bindley Taylor
 
025 - Writing about Culture/Society - Assessing Performance, Risk, and Reward
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Jon D'Errico
 
026 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Food: Traditions and Tradwives
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Tayler Bunge
 
027 - Writing about Science & Tech
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Cory Shaman
 
028 - TBA​
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Kaitlyn Airy
 
029 - Writing about Digital Media - The Planetary Salon
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Jodie Childers

In this class, we will resist passive scrolling and revive the spirit of the intellectual salon, cultivating a classroom environment where dialogue serves as a site of critical inquiry and engagement. As we repurpose and reinvent this discursive tradition that flourished in Paris during the Enlightenment, we will co-create a 21st-century salon that prioritizes inclusivity and collaboration. From data centers to digital third places, from tech neologisms to space junk, we will explore planetary networks, tracking how digital media and technology move through interconnected circuits, linking the local to the global.

Although the salon is most commonly associated with dialogue, the scholar James Van Horn Melton contends that it was also “where the written word was generated and circulated.” As we consider writing as conversation, we will learn the art of sparking and entering debates, practicing how to build upon, interrupt, or steer discourse in new and unexpected directions. We will begin the semester by breaking open and rebuilding the essay as a genre; by the end of the semester, we will craft alternative multimodal projects that disrupt the algorithm and expand the possibilities for digital discourse.
 
030 - TBA
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Courtney Watts
 
031 - Writing about Science & Tech
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Cory Shaman
 
032 - Multilingual Writers
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Davy Tran

This section is designed specifically for undergraduate multilingual students who use English as a second or additional language, including international students. Students will develop academic writing skills for success at U.S. universities, including paraphrasing and summarizing, organizing paragraphs and essays, using research databases, and applying APA citation and reference conventions. Readings, discussions, and writing assignments will center on topics students choose, which allows them to explore their interests while developing critical thinking and academic writing skills. Students who use only English at home and at school are strongly discouraged from enrolling, even if the class fits their schedule.
 
033 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Nature
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Andre Bouyssounouse

034 - Writing about Identities - Writing A Walk
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Tara McTague
 
036 - Writing about Identities - Against the College Essay—Towards Truth
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Stefan Taylor Bindley
 
037 - Writing about Science & Technology - Writing the Planet Earth
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Hannah Emilius
 
039 - Writing about Identities
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
devin donovan
 
040 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Food
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Keith Driver
 
041 - TBA
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM
Kaitlyn Airy
 
042 - Writing about Digital Media - The Planetary Salon
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Jodie Childers 

In this class, we will practice critical inquiry and hone our writing skills by engaging with one of the most familiar aesthetic forms of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: the television show. As we read, watch, discuss, and write about television together, our goal will be to approach this familiar form with a fresh perspective, not taking anything about television for granted. How do the formal elements of television shows—their genres, storytelling capacities, narrative features, and serial formats—build compelling worlds? How can we approach these tv worlds analytically while also valuing the emotional impact of television? How do television shows critique and generate culture? Over the course of the semester, we will read scripts that turned into episodes, read critical writing about television, and of course we will also watch a variety of tv episodes.But more than anything, we will write about television: we will build up our capacity to analyze television and then turn that inquiring perspective onto our own writing. If television shows build worlds out of words—and if those worlds can and do have a giant impact, for better or worse, on the world we live in—then we will take seriously how we can develop our own writing and re-approach our practices of world-building and meaning-making through our words.

045 - Writing about Science & Tech - Writing about Medicine
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM
Rhiannon Goad

This course dives into the art and ethics of communicating about health. You'll dissect everything from dense medical studies to viral news, learning to translate complex science into clear, compelling language. With short essays, you will develop skills to evaluate diverse sources, including medical literature, health journalism, and patient narratives, and apply responsible communication principles in contexts such as reporting research findings without hype and explaining public health issues effectively. You'll practice these communication skills throughout the semester, culminating in a final project: the creation of a zine about medicine.
 
046 - Writing about the Arts - Reading for Pleasure
TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Hodges Adams

In our busy collegiate lives, reading for pleasure falls easily by the wayside. This course seeks to help students make time to broaden and cultivate their reading, directed by each student’s individual interests; this course also seeks to challenge each student in their reading and thinking by exposing them to texts across a variety of genres. How do we encounter texts that we don’t enjoy or don’t understand? What strategies can we develop for reading more attentively, thinking more deeply, and writing with greater curiosity? The primary mode of inquiry will be in-class group discussion and in-class writing exercises. Reading, writing, researching, and revising carefully and with intention are the aims of this course. Student papers will be peer reviewed and revised multiple times during the semester. 
 
047 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kate Natishan
 
048 - Writing about the Arts - Challenges and the Human Experience
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Shounak Reza
 
049 - TBA
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Deven Philbrick
 
050 - Writing about Culture/Society - Vampires
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Charity Fowler
 
051 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Environments
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
John Casteen
  
052 - Writing about the Arts - Writing the Absurd
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Vincent Perrone

054 - Writing about Culture/Society
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Hyeona Park
 
055 - Writing about the Arts - Aesthetics of Silence
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Jack Grimes
 
056 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Around The Mystical
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Robert Yates
 
057 - Writing about Digital Media - Factions and Digital Culture: Crafting Social Media Commentary
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Dana Little

In this course, we'll explore the ever-changing landscape of online communication and its profound impact on how we interact in the modern world. Think of it as your guide to navigating the digital realm—from the latest social media trends to the cutting-edge AI tools reshaping our online experiences.

We'll dive into the nitty-gritty of digital communication, examining how our language and visual expression have evolved alongside emerging technologies. You'll get hands-on experience with various digital platforms, analyzing everything from viral content to influential online campaigns. We'll also tackle the big questions:

·       How is social media shaping public discourse?
·       What role does AI play in modern writing?
·       How can we become more discerning consumers and creators of digital content?

By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of effective digital communication, a critical eye for online content, and the skills to navigate the complexities of our digital age.

059 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Eurovision
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Gabby Kiser
 
060 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing About Monsters
TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Niamh Clarke
 
061 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Rory Sullivan

Dismissively calling any sport “sportsball” belies the essential role sports play in shaping culture and human relations. This powerful effect is perpetuated through the various media compositions that surround sports. In this class, we will explore these various composition modes to analyze the voices, genres, composition choices, and audiences that surround sports and make them such a powerful force in shaping culture and society. By composing game summaries, audio podcasts, and research papers, we will practice connecting sports to their social impact, all while developing our own voices as writers. 

062 - TBA
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM
Deven Philbrick
 
063 - Writing about Culture/Society - The Ecological Imagination
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Karthik Shankar
 
064 - Writing about Identities - Writing from Memory
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Samuel Nnadi
 
065 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing Towards Animals
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
YK Kim
 
066 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Sports
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Rory Sullivan

Dismissively calling any sport “sportsball” belies the essential role sports play in shaping culture and human relations. This powerful effect is perpetuated through the various media compositions that surround sports. In this class, we will explore these various composition modes to analyze the voices, genres, composition choices, and audiences that surround sports and make them such a powerful force in shaping culture and society. By composing game summaries, audio podcasts, and research papers, we will practice connecting sports to their social impact, all while developing our own voices as writers. 
 
068 - Writing about Culture/Society - Japan
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Logan Abbott

069 - Writing about Culture/Society - On Family
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Lyd Havens

070 - Writing about Culture/Society - Vampires
TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Charity Fowler

071 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Misinformation
TR 05:00PM-05:15PM
Jack Crouse

072 - Writing & Community Engagement - Walking Charlottesville
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kevin Smith

073 - Writing about the Arts - Writing About Film Adaptations
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Mary Lane Taibl

074 - Writing about Culture/Society - Dreams
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM
Victoria Chen

075 - TBA
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Courtney Watts

076 - Writing about Culture/Society - Clothing, Style, and the Self
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM
Ella Simpson

077 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Fictional Heroes and Villains
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM
Carla Sobrado

078 - Writing about the Arts - Aesthetics of Silence
MW 3:30PM-04:45PM
Jack Grimes

079 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Native American Rhetoric
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Sarah Richardson

Who writes history and how do we know if it is accurate? This course will focus on how Native American histories are written and analyze the impacts of the rhetorical choices made in writing Native histories. Students will learn concepts such as: colonization, rhetoric, dominant and counter narratives, and current and past representations in memory. Students will also learn how to research, compose, and revise ethical and effective arguments to address specific audiences.

080 - Writing about Culture/Society - Writing about Native American Rhetoric
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Sarah Richardson

Who writes history and how do we know if it is accurate? This course will focus on how Native American histories are written and analyze the impacts of the rhetorical choices made in writing Native histories. Students will learn concepts such as: colonization, rhetoric, dominant and counter narratives, and current and past representations in memory. Students will also learn how to research, compose, and revise ethical and effective arguments to address specific audiences.

081 - Writing and Community Engagement - Walking Charlottesville
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Kate Stephenson

This seminar will explore the connections between walking, writing, social justice, and activism. There is a long history of walking as a means of igniting thought, creativity, and dialogue that dates back to the meanderings of Socrates and Aristotle and continues through the strolls of the Romantic poets, the city wanderings of the fictional J. Alfred Prufrock and Clarissa Dalloway, and the outdoor hikes of Wendell Berry. But walking isn’t just linked to creativity and conversation; it’s also clearly connected to social justice. Walking to freedom, as depicted in myriad slave narratives and immigration stories, as well as walking for freedom in the form of protest marches, both past and present, are important reminders that our footsteps matter.   In this class, we will consider how walking can be both a solo activity and a means of creating community. By walking together, we will learn about the places and histories around us.  The course will be structured around biweekly walks primarily themed around social justice. All walks and place-based visits will include time for reflective writing.

ENWR 1520 - Writing and Community Engagement (2 sections)

ENWR 1520 shares the same writing goals and approaches as ENWR 1510, but focuses on community engagement in pursuit of those goals. In ENWR 1520, students contribute to a conversation and learn to position their ideas, research, and experiential learning in community engaged projects. Students should expect to spend time outside the classroom interacting with community partners, either in person or virtually.

001 - Writing and Community Engagement - You and A.I.
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Piers Gelly

In this course, we will practice the skills associated with college-level writing by asking a provocative question of one another: in the age of ChatGPT, do we still need writing courses like this one? 

004 - Writing and Community Engagement - You and A.I.
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Piers Gelly

In this course, we will practice the skills associated with college-level writing by asking a provocative question of one another: in the age of ChatGPT, do we still need writing courses like this one? 

ENWR 2510 - Advanced Writing Seminar

The course in highest demand for students on the FWR+ track is ENWR 2510, an Advanced Writing Seminar. Like ENWR 1510, ENWR 2510 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. While ENWR 2510 and ENWR 1510 share the same goals and practices, ENWR 2510 offers added rigor, often in the form of denser course texts and longer, more self-directed writing assignments.

001 - Writing about Digital Media - Writing in the Age of Generative AI
TR 3:30PM-04:45PM
Ethan King

In this humanities-based writing seminar, we will explore generative AI as a rhetorical and cultural force reshaping how we read, write, and think. Rather than treating AI simply as a professional tool or as a looming threat, we’ll approach it as a site of inquiry: asking who we become when we write with, through, or against machines that can simulate language. Our work will build layered AI awareness, including a functional understanding of how these systems operate, rhetorical insight into how they shape meaning, and ethical attention to their social and environmental impacts. Readings will span a range of perspectives, from those who see AI as a creative collaborator to its most critical opponents. Through a variety of writing projects, we will enter current debates about writing and technology and practice what it means to write deliberately in a world increasingly shaped by automated language.

002 - Writing about Culture/Society - Life Writing and Culture
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Tamika Carey

004 - Writing about Chinese in Translation - Chinese Documentary Film
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Charles Laughlin
This course is cross-listed with CHTR 2850

A “First Writing Requirement +” seminar exploring Chinese documentary filmmaking. The course introduces students to the history and general typology of documentary films in general and applies these concepts to Chinese-language works from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Extensive attention is paid to the development of students’ writing skills, including peer review, draft revision, and familiarizing students with academic writing in the humanities as well as other useful genres.

005 - Writing about History - Visions of the Good Life
TR 09:30AM-10:45AM
Penny Von Eschen
This course is cross-listed with HIST 1501

The course explores a range of Utopian thinkers and societies through reading and writing about literature, history, and philosophy.  How have humans thought about organizing their societies to balance the needs of the common good and social rights with the needs and concerns of the individual? 

006 - Writing about Women, Gender, and Sexuality - Dangerous Bodies: Obscenity, Sex, and Censorship
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Sarah Orsak
This course is cross-listed with WGS 2410

ENWR 2520 - Special Topics in Writing (8 sections)

001 - Walking Charlottesville
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Kate Stephenson
This course is restricted to Echols students only

Play is essential to our growth. Games teach us how to move, how to balance, how to coordinate our hands andeyes, how to take turns, how to share, how to read people, how to strategize, how to problem solve, how to work as a team... Without games, there is no us. 

Games play a central role in our social and private lives, whether we are spectators or players. They also have massive cultural impact, sometimes in ways we don’t expect. In this class, we will examine the role games play in our lives and our culture, and we will explore the ways in which others write about games while developing our skills to do the same.

003 - Audible Writing
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM
Jon D'Errico

Text meets audio. As a class, we'll explore, analyze, and produce audible writing about UVa and Charlottesville in a range of genres, from podcast-style scripts to hybrid multi-modal documents. Appropriate for students who combine strong writing with a lively and engaged intellectual curiosity.

004 - Writing Human Rights
T 06:00PM-08:30PM
Steve Parks

Students will study theories of human rights and work with global human rights advocates, as well as students located in International contexts.

005 - Writing about Virginia's Native Community
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM
Sarah Richardson

In this course, students will employ research skills, focus on critical engagement, reflect on how information is presented and written to craft effective arguments to address a public facing audience.  In particular, students will work with Virginia’s Tribal Nations to create a document that discusses the similarities and differences between the Tribal Nations socially, historically, and culturally.

006 - Writing about Medicine
MW 03:30PM-04:45PM
Rhiannon Goad
This course is restricted to Echols students only

This course dives into the art and ethics of communicating about health. You'll dissect everything from dense medical studies to viral news, learning to translate complex science into clear, compelling language. With short essays, you will develop skills to evaluate diverse sources, including medical literature, health journalism, and patient narratives, and apply responsible communication principles in contexts such as reporting research findings without hype and explaining public health issues effectively. You'll practice these communication skills throughout the semester, culminating in a final project: the creation of a zine about medicine.

007 - Writing Democratic Rights
M 06:00PM-08:30PM
Steve Parks
This course is restricted to Echols students only

Students will study theories of democracy and work with global democratic advocates, as well as students located in international contexts.

ENWR 2800 - Public Speaking

MW 02:00PM-03:15PM
devin donovan

An inquiry-based approach to the development of a confident, engaging, and ethical public speaking style. Beyond practical skills, this course emphasizes rhetorical thinking: what are the conventions of public speaking? Where are there opportunities to deviate from convention in ways that might serve a speech’s purpose? How might we construct an audience through the ways we craft language and plan the delivery of our speech?

ENWR 3500 - Topics in Advanced Writing & Rhetoric

001 - Environmental Justice Writing
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM
Cory Shaman

Designed to offer students practice in engaged environmental writing, this course will focus on environmental justice (EJ) discourse in US and international contexts. While the class will be grounded in a study of established forms of EJ theory, special attention will be given to advancing an understanding of the entangled claims and interests of humans and non-humans together as a method to enable students to develop more expansive conceptions of justice and produce just forms of writing.

Course materials will draw heavily on texts associated with historical and contemporary environmental justice efforts at the grassroots level, but also in academic, governmental, and commercial contexts. Case studies in local EJ campaigns in Virginia may form a significant portion of the class. Students will gain experience as readers of these texts and apply insights to a variety of writing tasks shaped by their specific interests within the framework of environmental justice.

002 - Rhetoric of Crime
T 06:00PM-08:30PM
Rhiannon Goad

Sensational news headlines, tough-on-crime political campaigns, and gripping true crime narratives: how we talk about crime profoundly shapes our understanding of criminals, victims, justice, and social order. This course explores the rhetorical dimension of crime, examining the persuasive strategies used to define crime, influence public perception, and shape policy in contemporary culture. Together, we will critically analyze how language constructs our reality of crime and punishment. Through a series of analytic papers and a podcast, students will use rhetorical analysis to identify significant trends in crime discourse, identify agents shaping these narratives, and develop a critical perspective on the power of language in matters of law, order, and justice.

ENWR 3550 - Advanced Topics in Digital Writing & Rhetoric

001 - How now, Spirit! AI Satire and Public Discourse
MW 05:00PM-06:15PM
Dana Little

As generative AI tools become embedded in our devices, social media platforms, and word processing software, writers must develop new literacies to critically evaluate and engage with digital content. This course explores the rhetorical aspects of AI-generated communication, focusing on how these tools use (or misuse) satire, genre conventions, and rhetorical devices to persuade audiences and shape public discourse.

002 - Digital Public Writing
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Kevin Smith

ENWR 3550: Digital Public Writing examines the rhetorical, technological, and cultural dimensions of writing for public audiences with an emphasis on digital communities. Students will analyze and produce multimodal compositions meant to circulate beyond the classroom, developing rhetorical frameworks for understanding how (digital) texts address audiences and perform work in the world.

ENWR 3620 - Writing & Tutoring Across Cultures

TR 08:00AM-09:15AM
Rory Sullivan

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 will require students to volunteer weekly in the community.

ENWR 3640 - Writing with Sound

TR 11:00AM-12:15PM
Stephanie Ceraso

Trains students to become attuned, thoughtful listeners and sonic composers. In addition to discussing key works on sound from fields such as rhetoric and composition, sound studies, and journalism, we will experiment with the possibilities of sound as a valuable form of writing and storytelling. Students will learn how to use digital audio editing tools, platforms, and techniques for designing and producing sonic projects. (Meets second writing requirement.)

ENWR 3680 - Writing and Documentary Film

TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Jodie Childers

Merging theory and practice, this course invites students to explore the writing process through the lens of documentary film. Through analyzing films and creating formal documentary film treatments, students explore the tension between artistry and pragmatism as they deepen their understanding of documentary film as a genre, confronting its affordances—both the possibilities and the constraints.

ENWR 3720 - Arguing Like a Scholar

TR 03:30PM-4:45PM
Tyler Carter

In Arguing Like a Scholar, students examine the writing practices and argumentative structures of published work in their chosen field or discipline using methods from anthropology and corpus linguistics. This course will help prepare students for further graduate or professional education and moreover, help students develop a broad array of strategies for academic writing and research.

ENWR 3740 - Black Women's Writing & Rhetoric

TR 03:30PM-04:45PM
Tamika Carey

A chronological survey of the persuasive communication and writing strategies Black women have used towards the project of empowerment and activism in speeches, essays, poetry, drama, and novels.

ENWR 3900 - The Forbes Seminar in Career-based Writing and Rhetoric

TR 05:00PM-06:15PM
Keith Driver

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.)