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Read more about the article Using Participatory Approaches to Support Students and the Homeless
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Using Participatory Approaches to Support Students and the Homeless

March 5, 2019

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…

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XA Student Finds Her Passion Through the Digital Scholarship Lab

February 12, 2019

As the first-ever intern for MSU’s Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL), Erin Campbell, a senior Experience Architecture major with minors in Spanish and Digital Humanities, had the opportunity to research a topic of…

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Podcast: The Art of Storytelling Through Film

January 14, 2019

On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses the art of storytelling through…

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New Course Teaches How to Ethically Record and Edit Sound

January 7, 2019

A new course offered by Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) is teaching students how to use audio technology to record and edit sounds ethically and rhetorically, and to help…

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Read more about the article ‘Illuminating Survivor Voices’ Through the Arts
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‘Illuminating Survivor Voices’ Through the Arts

November 20, 2018

A poem by Associate Professor Nancy DeJoy, addressing the issue of silence in cases of sexual abuse and how the isolation and silencing of survivor voices is detrimental to the…

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Spartan Strong: The Strength to Overcome Cancer

November 14, 2018

Growing up in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Justin Alexander was the picture of health. A baseball player and quarterback of his high school football team, there was no reason to be…

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A Leading Sherlock Holmes Website Finds a Home at MSU

July 30, 2018

When an important online resource about the Great Detective Sherlock Holmes was looking for a new home or faced the possibility of being taken down, Liza Potts, Associate Professor of…

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Professor Publishes First Ever Video Book

July 28, 2018

https://vimeo.com/187055623 Assistant Professor Alexandra Hidalgo has created the first collection of interconnected video essays around one topic. Cámara Retórica: A Feminist Filmmaking Methodology for Rhetoric and Composition is the first video book…

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Read more about the article Rhodes Appointed Interim Chair of WRAC
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Rhodes Appointed Interim Chair of WRAC

July 26, 2018

Professor Jacqueline Rhodes has been appointed Interim Chair of the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC) for a two-year term, effective August 16, 2018-August 15, 2020. For the past year,…

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Doctoral Grads Honored by Leading Journal for Outstanding Work

June 6, 2018

Two recent doctoral graduates from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures were recognized for their outstanding work by Kairos, a leading peer-reviewed journal of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. Phil Bratta and…

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