UCF Department of Writing and Rhetoric

DWR two-time alumnus, Mekenzie McElroy, turned her MA non thesis into her very first journal article publication! We're so proud of you and all the work you're doing, Mekenzie! Check out the article here:

23.3 McElroy — Praxis Faculty attitudes and teaching practices significantly influence how students understand and engage with writing centers. This project uses oral history interviews with three first-year composition instructors to explore how their experiences, knowledge, and attitudes inform the ways they incorporat...

Congratulations to Matthew Bryan, Amy Cicchino, Kara Taczak, and Meghan Velez, all of whom have pieces in the latest issue of Computers and Composition! You can find all of these pieces and the rest of Volume 80 here:

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McKenna Slaughter, ⁠Nghi Chau, and UCF University Writing Center - UWC Director, Amy Cicchino were invited to join the Create.Share.Engage podcast to talk about ePortfolios in our writing center. McKenna and Nghi did an amazing job sharing their experience as ePortfolio creators and tutors who support ePortfolios in our center and our online writing groups. ✨✨

You can listen to the podcast episode here: https://podcast.mahara.org/2018360/episodes/18913570

Congratulations to Meeghan Faulconer being promoted to Associate Instructor! 💫⚔🎉

UCF Recognizes Faculty Excellence with 2026 Promotion and Tenure Awards One hundred faculty members are recognized for excellence in teaching, research and service.

We're so thrilled to announce DWR MA student, McKenna Slaughter, has been awarded the Delores Auzenne Fellowship for next year! This fellowship will provide additional stipend support to McKenna as she enters her second year of graduate education with us and prepares to begin work on her thesis.

Congratulations, McKenna!! 💫💫💫

Last spring, Professor Nathan Holic's Graphic Medicine course explored the intersection of comics and health/medicine, studying how artists and healthcare professionals have used the comics form to educate the broader public about important health issues, and how both patients and medical providers have used comics to better understand illness. As part of students from a variety of academic fields from across the university - including Biology, Forensic Science, and Writing & Rhetoric - shared how they became, for one semester, comics artists!

Congratulations to the DWR faculty receiving honors today at Founder's Day! 🎉🎉🎉

UCF Celebrates the Arts is always jam-packed with incredible events and performances but this year we're a lil biased towards one event in particular!

Professor Nathan Holic's Graphic Medicine class will be presenting a panel of their works from the class on April 3 at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the event are FREE and you can grab those here: https://www.drphillipscenter.org/events/tickets/2026/ucf-comics-theyre-good-for-your-health/

Also check out all the other events and performances going on here: https://cah.ucf.edu/news/creativity-takes-center-stage-at-ucf-celebrates-the-arts-2026/

Join us on Thursday, March 5 from 3-4 pm to engage with DWR faculty on our classes and how they can help you become a highly qualified professional candidate when you enter the job market!

Join us in TCH 203 or via Zoom (link available on website) https://kmetc.sswb.ucf.edu/events/aew/