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
News Archive
Five Questions with Matthew Pavesich
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.
Royce Best, Ph.D., Awarded George E. Owen Teaching Award
The University Writing Program is happy to announce that Dr. Royce Best was awarded the George E. Owen Teaching Award for 2022 by JHU’s Student Government Association’s student council. The award is given out to recipients “for outstanding teaching and devotion to undergraduates.” Congratulations, Dr. Best!
Former UWP instructor Alexandra Lossada recipient of Gender and Racial Justice Scholars Award
On Thursday, March 31 at 3:30, please join former UWP instructor Alexandra Lossada, recipient of a Gender and Racial Justice research award, who will present her work as part of a panel on Gender, Race, Citizenship and Public Policy. Alexandra’s presentation is titled “The Interpreter of Crimmigration and Detention,” and she will be joined by...
Rebecca Wilbanks publishes article on gene editing bioethics
New gene editing technologies have the potential to efficiently spread a mutation through wild populations of plants and animals. Who should decide whether and how such potentially irreversible changes are made? University Writing Program faculty Rebecca Wilbanks was part of an interdisciplinary team of scholars convened by bioethics think tank The Hastings Center to address this...
Resources for Accessible Teaching
Dr. Royce Best spoke at UWP in fall 2021 about Accessible Teaching: Some Places to Start. This lecture and workshop introduced teachers to some core and guiding principles of accessible pedagogy. Drawing from the field of disability studies, we considered the extent to which our attitudes, policies, and practices are rooted in ableism. We considered...
Under Matthew Pavesich, Krieger offers expanded writing instruction
The new Expository Writing Program director leads an effort to provide writing classes to each first-year student and to integrate writing into all Arts and Sciences majors.
Aliza Watters helps push undergraduate education forward
EWP faculty Aliza Watters was featured in the Spring 2021 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine for her work on the Second Commission on Undergraduate Education, which aims to reshape the Hopkins undergraduate experience.
A fall semester like no other
How our faculty and students managed a virtual fall 2020 semester amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
First-Year Students Ask Deep Questions
In their first days at Johns Hopkins, students start to develop connections and the ideas that can lead to world-changing discussions.