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Writing & Rhetoric

Welcome to Writing & Rhetoric

Writing & Rhetoric at the University of Rhode Island is a particularly exciting place to be. Our robust academic program, with an intellectual history that dates back over 2500 years, is home to a vibrant and optimistic community of teachers, researchers, and learners.

The Writing half of our name emphasizes the finer points of process, craft, and delivery, offering multiple opportunities for practice, feedback, and guidance. The Rhetoric half stresses the always situational and often public nature of our work, be it professional, academic, or technical. Together, Writing & Rhetoric is writing that gets things done; it is writing with consequences. In all that we do - our teaching and learning, our research and scholarship, our outreach and service -- we balance these two important elements.

Join us. We look forward to working with you,

Libby Miles, Director

Our Mission Statement

As integral components of both missions, Writing & Rhetoric embraces these collective goals, and endeavors to fulfill our function within those missions with the highest degrees of

• rigor in the pursuit of teaching and scholarly excellence,
• responsible collaboration and appropriate interdisciplinary partnerships,
• respectful outreach with the university and extramural communities,
• responsiveness to changing conditions, and
• programmatic and personal integrity.

Rhetoric's crucial role in the construction, maintenance, and on-going revision of public life has been recognized for centuries. As part of the Liberal Arts and General Education Core, rhetoric and composition can guide students in recognizing, valuing, and understanding difference at the same time they work toward developing and expressing their own critical stances. As an academic discipline, rhetoric and composition guides undergraduate and graduate students in theorizing and disseminating the complexities of language use. As a public practice, rhetoric and composition can be an empowering component of the university's and college's outreach arm. The faculty of Writing & Rhetoric wholeheartedly strive to develop each of these aspects of their program as appropriate to ever-changing university, disciplinary, and societal conditions.

Important Contact Information

Writing & Rhetoric Office
319 Roosevelt Hall
90 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401.874.7417
Fax: 401.874.2628

Director:	Libby Miles
Administrative Assistant:	Donna Hayden
Undergraduate Advising (1st and 2nd year):	Michael Pennell
Undergraduate Advising (3rd and 4th year):	Libby Miles
Graduate Advising:	Robert Schwegler
The Writing Center:	Jeremiah Dyehouse
First Year Courses:	Kim Hensley Owens
National Archives of Composition & Rhetoric:	Robert Schwegler
Early Credit High School Program:	Jean Zipke
Brown Bag Series:	Kim Hensley Owens
Webmaster:	Joannah Portman Daley

Announcements

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Upcoming Events

What: Portfolio Pandemonium
Where: The Writing Center
Who: WRT students, writing center tutors, and faculty

What: ePortfolio Presentations
Where: Lippitt 402
Who: Colleagues, friends, and families of our graduating seniors