Spring 2025 Course Descriptions

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  

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 - Social Imagination
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 the Arts
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 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Comedy (as a Survival Skill)
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 334)
Derek Cavens
 
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 - Writing about Culture/Society - Argument and Civic Participation
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (BRN 332)
George Abry
 
043 - Writing about the Arts
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (BRN 312)
Hodges Adams
 
044 - Writing about Culture/Society
MW 02:00PM-03:15PM (KER 317)
Lydia Brown
 
045 - Writing about Culture/Society - Social Imagination
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 - Writing and Culture/Society - Argument and Civic Participation
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM (CAB 044)
George Abry
 
050 - TBA
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM (CAB 064)
TBA
 
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 Culture/Society
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM (CAB 207)
Sethunya Mokoko
 
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 Culture/Society
TR 12:30PM-01:45PM (CAB 207)
Sethunya Mokoko
 
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

077 - Writing about the Arts - Writing about Comedy (as a Survival Skill)
MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM (BRN 334)
Derek Cavens

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-06:15PM (SHN 111)
Alison Cotti-Lowell

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.

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

005 - Writing about Culture/Society - Personal Writing: Experience and Expression
TR 02:00PM-03:15PM (SHN 111)
Jim Seitz

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

Political propaganda often seeks to persuade through conspiracy theories that create suspicion and fear based on group identity and bigotry (racism, antisemitism, xenophobia). This course will study the rhetorical and technological strategies that characterize political conspiracy-driven propaganda of the 20th and 21st centuries. Though our exploration focuses primarily on American instances, we will begin with the state-sanctioned conspiracy theories that fueled Nazi propaganda. Because no political ideology is immune to conspiracy theory belief, we will analyze partisan conspiracy theories from the political left and right, including UFO belief, 9/11 truthers, the QAnon myth, and Covid-19 mis-/disinformation.
 
By examining the arguments, evidence, images, myths, and tropes that animate propaganda and conspiracy theories, we can identify how they are circulated to inflame our emotions, exploit our prejudices, and bias our decision-making. More than just a historical survey or conceptual overview, this course is designed to strengthen your ability to recognize the dominant visual, verbal, and technological techniques used in propaganda campaigns, to distinguish conspiracy theories from actual coverups, and to evaluate the major components (claims, evidence, reasoning, imagery) of political rhetoric.
 

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