Rhetoric is a foundation of the humanities focused on understanding the practices of human communication. Rhetoric’s interests span from the earliest acts of speech to emerging modes of digital ...

Ever tried convincing someone to pick your favorite movie for movie night? Or maybe defended pineapple on a pizza? Whether you knew it or not, you were tapping into one of the oldest human traditions: ...

Understanding the type of speech you’re giving is the first step in the speech writing process. If you already know the genre of your speech, then feel free to move on towards the next step. If not, ...

Rhetoric and writing studies students find employment in a variety of fields, including web authoring, copywriting, speech writing, technical writing, grant writing, science writing, journalism, ...

The prize honors Professor Emerita Dr. Bernadine P. Carlson, who joined Western Michigan University’s Department of English in 1953. During her thirty-three-year tenure at Western Michigan University, ...

“Regeneration is mindfulness of the creativity of which we are a part.” –Vandana Shiva, 2022 Slow Seed Summit [We need] to break our habit of over-simplifying the world. The series of global crises ...

Through the PWR’s Writing Initiative for Service and Engagement (WISE), founded in 2008, the program has integrated community-engaged writing throughout its lower- and upper-division courses. Students ...