UWP invites faculty and TAs at Homewood and Peabody to talk through the challenges of commenting on and grading student writing. We encourage you to bring what you’re working on in class right now–assignments you’re giving, student work you’ve received, and so on. Of course, please also bring your questions and concerns, big and small. […]
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UWP Lecturer Interviews Authors Bourland & Rukeyser
Senior Lecturer Nate Brown recently interviewed two novelists about their work. Writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, his conversation with Baltimore-based novelist Barbara Bourland investigates the complexities of western princess narratives and the fundamental problems of life under capitalism, topics central to the author’s latest work, The Force of Such Beauty. In the […]
Dr. Lisa E. Wright Reflects on “Radical Writing Center Praxis” by Laura Greenfield (2019)
Lecturer Lisa E. Wright along with Oklahoma State University Writing Center Director Anna Sicari reviewed Laura Greenfield’s text Radical Writing Center Praxis: A Paradigm for Ethical Political Engagement. Together they converse about Greenfield’s theories and models that call writing center tutors and directors to be committed to social justice and antiracist work. After implementing some […]
Pedagogue Podcast with Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta
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 […]
New Publication: Writing Beyond the University
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, […]
UWP hiring new faculty for 2023-2024
The UWP is running two searches for multiple positions beginning in 2023-2024. Applications are now closed.
UWP welcomes 7 new faculty members!
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 […]
Book Signing: Manil Suri – Math, Fiction, Sexuality, The Universe: A Journey of Discovery
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!
Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta: Examining the Medical Humanities – August 3 @ 8 AM (EST)
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
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!