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Nedra Reynolds, Michael Pennell, Jeremiah Dyehouse, James Daley, and Kim Hensley Owens win Technology Innovation grants supported through the "Innovative Approaches Using Technology to Enhance Student Experience at URI" initiative.
Writing & Rhetoric major Brittany Pailthorpe speaks at Diversity Event!
Congratulations to Associate Professors Libby Miles and Michael Pennell on being awarded grants from the Harrington School of Communication and Media.
New publications by Tim Amidon,Jeremiah Dyehouse, Cathyrn Molloy, Kim Hensely Owens, Mike Pennell, and Joannah Portman Daley!
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The Oliver Watson House Project
Contextualizing writing and conveying its real world significance serves as an important goal for the Department of Writing & Rhetoric. Doing so often means moving students writing out of the classroom and increasing its visibility through a public audience. While this can be done by publishing via the web, the Cigar, and other traditional outlets, Professor Heather Johnson focuses on a different kind of publishing: she publishes her students work by projecting it on the side of the Oliver Watson House.Learn More...

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