Last week, the morning of our Homecoming Pep Rally, President Hodge visited English Studies Professor Heather Urbanski's Foundations of Professional Writing course for a Q&A with students. As President Hodge holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Master's degrees in English and Women's Studies, she is uniquely qualified to address students questions and share how she and her executive cabinet handle communications at the university.
The course itself provides an introduction to rhetorical theories and techniques for writers across genres and media as well as background in the history of writing and writing as technology. Students will see writing from many dimensions (as craft, communication, linguistic structure, cultural marker, historical record, and medium for language) and will engage with information on potential pathways toward professionalization.
