February 1, 2023 @ 7 p.m. Location: Fadensonnen Please join University Writing Program Lecturer, Donald Berger, and former Writing Seminars Professor and Author Jean McGarry, for Hidden Palace. Hidden Palace is a local “monthly reading & storytelling event by poets and writers. […] Every 1st Thursday of the month.” –FS
In this half-hour podcast episode, Hartmann-Villalta shares her experiences as a part-time adjunct instructor at Georgetown University, discussing the precarity and fraught conditions of adjunct labor more broadly, and connecting these to her work serving on MLA’s Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession. She also explains how her research on the Spanish Civil War finds...
Director Pavesich reflects on the public state of humanities in his short essay Not If, But How. In his essay, Pavesich explores ways for teachers, students, and the community to engage in humanist partnerships. In collaboration with the National Humanities Alliance, the Federation of State Humanities Councils, and Routledge, Taylor and Francis, his work is featured...
UWP is part of exciting changes at Hopkins: starting in 2022-23, all first-year Krieger students take First-Year Writing, in which they learn foundational skills of academic writing and writing across genres. We also offer advanced undergraduate writing classes and Teaching Writing Workshop for grad students and postdocs. Our colleagues across Homewood and our curious, willing...
Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing extends the burgeoning scholarly conversation regarding the role of writing in lifelong and lifewide learning. The collection introduces higher education faculty, staff, and administrators to research on how all members of a campus community can prepare learners to be effective writers beyond the university, in personal, professional,...
The UWP is running two searches for multiple positions beginning in 2023-2024. Applications are now closed.
In Fall 2022, the UWP doubled in size, welcoming seven new faculty members. Nate Brown, Deirdre Vinyard, and Anthony Wexler joined the program as Senior Lecturers, and at the rank of Lecturer, the program welcomes Laura Hartmann-Villalta, Arthur Russell, Morris Speller and Lisa Wright. Check out their profiles on our website for information on their...
UWP will be co-hosting a book signing for author and mathematics professor, Manil Suri’s, new book, The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Math. Students, faculty, and staff attendance are welcomed!
Join UWP’s Dr. Hartmann-Villalta on Zoom this Wednesday, August 3 @ 8 AM (U.S. EST)* for a discussion of “What the Humanities Bring To Medicine”. *time on event flyer is Thailand time. Event begins at 8 AM
University Writing Program Director Matthew Pavesich was featured in the Spring 2022 issue of Arts and Sciences Magazine. Read his interview about what the program does, why writing skills are important, his plans for the program and more.
