<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<p class="MsoNormal">For those preparing applications for graduate school, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites you to consider our two graduate programs in <a href="https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/ma-requirements/" class="">Rhetoric
and Professional Writing</a> (MA) and <a href="https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/phd-requirements/" class="">Public Rhetorics and Community Engagement</a> (PhD). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Examples of current faculty members’ projects include </p>
<ul class="">
<li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> <a href="https://timeslips.org/" class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">TimeSlips</a></span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">, a non-profit committed to bringing meaning and joy to late
life</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://www.acls.org/research/fellow.aspx?cid=F3F2B0BC-3F70-EA11-80F0-000C296A63B0" class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Navigating
Rhetorics of Reproductive Justice</a><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> with </span><i class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">promotores de salud</i><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> (health promoters) who work with reproductive and
sexual health education in Wisconsin</span></li><li class=""><i class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> <a href="http://www.artofinfertility.org/" class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">ART of Infertility,</a></i><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> a national arts organization that supports
the infertility community</span></li><li class=""><i class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Mapping Resistance and Racism in Milwaukee County, </i><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">a digital-humanities project</span></li></ul>
<div class="">
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">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</p>
<ul class="">
<li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> The Social Justice Turn in Technical and Professional Communication</span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Cultural Rhetorics</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Language, Race, and Culture</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> Civic Engagement and the Community Work of Rhetoric</span> To learn more about our programs, please attend the UWM <a href="https://uwm.edu/graduateschool/openhouse/" class="">virtual Open House
on November 13<sup class="">th</sup></a> 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 <a href="https://forms.gle/hU4NJTEjY8qTMdvR9" class="">here</a> for
the latter event. Our application deadline is <b class="">December 15, 2020</b>.</li></ul>
<div class="">You may also want to check out our graduate student run blog, <a href="https://www.writingandrhetoricmke.com/" class="">Writing & Rhetoric MKE</a>, which hosts stories about everyday writing, rhetoric, and community engagement around Milwaukee.</div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Check out our <a href="https://uwm.edu/english/graduate/graduate-plans/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement/" target="_blank" class="">website</a> and <a href="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" class="">admissions</a> guidelines!
If you or your students have questions about the program, please feel free to contact Pat Mayes at <a href="mailto:mayes@uwm.edu" class="">mayes@uwm.edu</a>. </p>
<div class="">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<br class="">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div>_____________________________</div>
<div>Maria Novotny, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Assistant Professor</div>
<div>Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Community Engagement </div>
<div>Department of English</div>
<div>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee</div>
<div>Curtin Hall 488</div>
<div>Milwaukee, WI 53211</div>
<div><a href="mailto:novotnmt@uwm.edu" class="">novotnmt@uwm.edu</a></div>
<div class=""><a href="http://www.marianovotny.com" class="">www.marianovotny.com</a></div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">pronouns: she, her, hers</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">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.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br class="">
</body>
</html>