Using language purposefully is the framework of rhetoric, a notion that Jacqueline Rhodes, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), wants to instill in…
Michigan State University was awarded close to $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year study of renewable energy options using a cross-disciplinary research approach in eight Michigan communities,…
Dr. Casey McArdle is an Assistant Professor and Academic Specialist in the WRAC department. In addition, he serves an administrative role as program liaison for the new Experience Architecture (XA)…
Liza Potts joined MSU’s WRAC program in 2011 and has been busy ever since. She is the co-founder of the Experience Architecture (XA) program, director of WIDE Research, caretaker of…
New Assistant Professor and Graduate Faculty member Christina Boyles joined WRAC in August 2018 and has loved every second of it. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature from Baylor…
One of WRAC’s newer assistant professors is Sarah Klotz, who joined the department in Fall 2018. Sarah studied at UC Davis and received her PhD in English with an emphasis…
This past semester, Experience Architecture (XA) students took advantage of resources available at MSU Libraries while exploring the world of prototyping in the Prototyping Experience Architecture course, AL 444, taught…
Assistant Professor Elizabeth LaPensée is among the 25 winners in the Fine Art group to receive a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship Award. The winners are chosen through a highly competitive process that narrowed 3,000…
BEHIND THE WILL is a video series that gives viewers an inside look into what drives our faculty’s research, teaching, and creativity in Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters.…
Benjamin Lauren, Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC), is working to help reduce the social stigma associated with homelessness and, drawing from his research on…