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The University Writing Program’s mission is to help students become agile writers: people who understand writing as an intellectual practice and a way to make things happen in the world. We pursue this mission through our courses, partnerships across campus, and collaborations with the communities of Baltimore City.

In all of our work, we are committed to inclusive pedagogy that invites students and colleagues into a lifelong practice of writing.

The Johns Hopkins University Writing Program: Reintroducing Writing

We approach writing as an adaptable process of inquiry and action, as deeply informed by reading, and as reflective, embodied, and always emerging practice. In this course, we rethink writing in ways that will help students throughout college, their professional career, personal life, and civic responsibilities in a democracy.

See more from the first year of Reintroduction to Writing.

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Laura Hartmann-Villalta interviewed on Higher Ed podcast

In this episode of The Career Adjunct podcast, host Iliana de Larkin speaks with lecturer Laura Hartmann-Villalta. Hartmann-Villalta shares how she pursued an English literature PhD to lend credibility to her dream of writing a meaningful book on Anglophone women’s literature...

George Oppel Hosts Panel Discussion on Free Expression at Hopkins

In late November members of the Heterodox Academy held a forum on free speech at Hopkins. UWP lecturer George Oppel interviewed sophomore and former UWP student Aneesh Swaminathan about his experience as president of the College Republicans and how that...

The UWP’s Nate Brown publishes in One Story & The Rumpus

UWP Senior Lecturer and Writing Center Associate Director for Campus & Community Outreach Nate Brown recently published a short story in the award-winning literary journal One Story. “The Sea of Cortés” is a speculative piece that imagines a world racked by...