Professional Writing & Communication Program UMass Dartmouth

12/10/2024

Learn more about course offerings for Spring 2025 in the Professional Writing & Communication MA program!

ENL 641 - Technical and Scientific Journalism helps professional writers and communicators hone their skills in effectively conveying disciplinary or specialized work into terms that are useful and compelling to the public.

The range of applications for science writing or explaining technical subjects are unified in one particular aspect: they all target audiences who are reading to learn, or attempt to spur audiences into a learning activity on the way toward some other action.

Interested in developing these skills? Enroll in ENL 641 today! Students may focus their work for journalism, but other applications (education, tech comm, grants writing, public information/relations, etc.) which require describing technical subjects to non-technical audiences are also welcome. Students will also be doing multimodal productions in this work, including posts, podcasts, and visuals.

10/09/2024

We are so happy to announce this year's recipient of the Jenni Baker Scholarship: Emma Konn, who will work with 's journal, Temper. Emma brings passion for writing and publishing to her role as editor, exemplifying the creative energy and leadership Jenni brought to the program.

Jenni found no higher joy than a gathering of like-minded creators. Her ability to inspire, teach, and lead others toward their own artistic talents touched lives worldwide. Her own writing and artwork, like her life, transformed the everyday into the extraordinary.

Thank you to Emma for your hard work and leadership with Temper and MPWC!

05/20/2024

We are so happy to celebrate our amazing 2024 MPWC Program Graduates! All the best wishes to Barbara Gurgel, Stephanie LeBlanc, Gary Petersen, James Mellen, and Leah Paris Freeman as they begin their next chapters! Congratulations on all you have accomplished and all that is to come in the future!

04/29/2024

Congratulations to our Spring 2024 MPWC thesis students! Stephanie LeBlanc, James Mellen, and Leah Freeman all successfully presented their thesis work last week! We're so proud of their accomplishments, and we cannot wait to see what the future has in store for them!

01/22/2024

We are so happy to announce this year's recipients of the Jenni Baker Scholarship: Stephanie LeBlanc and James Mellen, who will work with 's journal, Temper. Stephanie and James both bring passion for writing and publishing to their roles as co-editors, exemplifying the creative energy and leadership Jenni brought to the program.

Jenni found no higher joy than a gathering of like-minded creators. Her ability to inspire, teach, and lead others toward their own artistic talents touched lives worldwide. Her own writing and artwork, like her life, transformed the everyday into the extraordinary.

Thank you to Steph and James for your hard work and leadership with Temper and MPWC!

11/30/2023

Congrats to Gary Petersen and Barbara Gurgel who successfully presented their MA Thesis Portfolios!

Both MPWC students did an exceptional job sharing their work and demonstrating what accomplished professional communicators they have become during their time in the program!

We’re so proud and excited to see what their next chapters bring!

11/09/2023

It was cold, but the Teaching Fellows smiled for Picture Day! Many, many thanks for all the work you do: Noah Lamperti, Emma Shailyn Bacchiocchi, Barbara, Gary, James, Amelia, Rhyan, and J.

11/02/2023

As we head into the holiday season, it's never too early to think about the new year! Registration for spring classes begins next week at UMass Dartmouth, and we invite you to consider enrolling in classes in the MPWC program! Spring offerings are listed below!

Please share with anyone you know who may be interested and feel free to contact Prof DeLuca at [email protected] with questions!

04/06/2023

Love this UMass Dartmouth feature story about student Ghenwa Elkhoury. She has contributed to our program in so many ways.

Lebanese transfer student overcomes adversity and completes two degrees in four years

03/29/2023

Pleased to announce: The Temper Literary Review's Spring 2023 issue is official! To celebrate, join us April 6 at 3 pm in LARTS North Atrium for a reading by UMass Dartmouth's writers and artists. Big thank you to Temper Editor and Professional Writing & Communication graduate student Amanda Beres for all of your hard work and dedication to this project!

Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 by aberes Pain or Shame You Decide- by Gregorie Marshall Is it Pain Or is it Shame When a human Heart Loses Space To call on Grace To show Empathy For another Heart Journeys are Unknown On the moments of the Days To rather be Silent Callous words Can only be a....

03/24/2023

Join us on April 12 at 3 pm for this great event sponsored by UMass Dartmouth's Student Media Collaborative. Student writers and editors from UMass D Torch, The New Bedford Light, WCAI-FM, and The Public's Radio 89.3FM will discuss local media and its role in creating community.

03/16/2023

We love our partnership with iFixit.com's Technical Writing Project. Check out the repair story iFixit wrote about UMass Dartmouth alum Evan Costa. Thank you, iFixit, for all that you do for us!

Repair is everywhere, and so are iFixit Technical Writing Project (iTWP) alumni. Students in the iTWP are a diverse group from across the U.S.