[ATTW-L] Invitation to Apply to UW-Milwaukee's New MA & PhD Programs in Rhetoric, Professional Writing & Community Engagement

[Maria T Novotny]

For those preparing applications for graduate school, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites you to consider our two graduate programs in Rhetoric and Professional Writing<https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/ma-requirements/> (MA) and Public Rhetorics and Community Engagement<https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/phd-requirements/> (PhD).
Our programs provide students with a broad background in rhetoric and writing studies and encourage them to apply their knowledge to address the needs of local communities. Our students are able to participate in events and research activities within a department of community-engaged scholars.
Examples of current faculty members’ projects include

  *        TimeSlips<https://timeslips.org/>, a non-profit committed to bringing meaning and joy to late life
  *         Navigating Rhetorics of Reproductive Justice<https://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=F3F2B0BC-3F70-EA11-80F0-000C296A63B0> with promotores de salud (health promoters) who work with reproductive and sexual health education in Wisconsin
  *         ART of Infertility,<http://www.artofinfertility.org/> a national arts organization that supports the infertility community
  *        Mapping Resistance and Racism in Milwaukee County, a digital-humanities project
Students may also choose to focus on more traditional academic areas such as rhetorical theory, composition pedagogy, and writing program administration.  Some recent courses include

  *          The Social Justice Turn in Technical and Professional Communication
  *          Cultural Rhetorics
  *          Language, Race, and Culture
  *          Civic Engagement and the Community Work of Rhetoric To learn more about our programs, please attend the UWM virtual Open House on November 13th<https://uwm.edu/graduateschool/openhouse/> for the English Department from 9-10:30 am (CST), where you can receive an application fee waiver. A second option is to attend a one-hour discussion about our program on Nov 18 at 5:30 pm (CST). RSVP here<https://forms.gle/hU4NJTEjY8qTMdvR9> for the latter event. Our application deadline is December 15, 2020.

You may also want to check out our graduate student run blog, Writing & Rhetoric MKE<https://www.writingandrhetoricmke.com/>, which hosts stories about everyday writing, rhetoric, and community engagement around Milwaukee.
Check out our website<https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/> and admissions<https://graduateschool-apply.uwm.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.SearchResults&Program_Name=&Program_Type_ID=8&pi=%7F&pc=%7F&pr=%7F&pt=%7F&Partner_ID=ANY&p_10005=%7F&p_10005_t=DATLK&p_10006=ENGLISHMA%7F&p_10006=ENGLISHPHD%7F&p_10006_t=DATLK&p_10008=%7F&p_10008_t=SELCT&p_10009=%7F&p_10009_t=SELCT&p_10010=%7F&p_10010_t=DATLK&Sort=Program_Name&Order=asc&pp=10005%2C10006%2C10008%2C10009%2C10010> guidelines! If you or your students have questions about the program, please feel free to contact Pat Mayes at mayes at uwm.edu<mailto:mayes at uwm.edu>.

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Maria Novotny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Community Engagement
Department of English
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Curtin Hall 488
Milwaukee, WI 53211
novotnmt at uwm.edu<mailto:novotnmt at uwm.edu>
www.marianovotny.com<http://www.marianovotny.com>

pronouns: she, her, hers

UWM resides on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.

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