News
March 29, 2024
2023 Koloc Writing Awards
The Koloc Writing Awards ceremony was held at the Writing Center in the O'Hara Student Center, Friday, March 22nd. The Koloc Awards recognize any undergraduate student whose progress in Workshop in Composition or ESL Workshop in Composition was outstanding. Please visit the Koloc Award page to view current and past winners essays and for more information on the award!
March 29, 2024
Adedoyin Ogunfeyimi spoke for the Race &... Lecture Series in March
The Race &... Lecture Series is a lunchtime speaker series that introduces and showcases the work of Pitt faculty.
March 29, 2024
Jen Keating and Nora Mattern receive Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants
The Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grants Program provides support for projects that aim to establish or reinforce Pitt and Pitt Cyber as places of distinction and excellence in cyber studies and practice.
March 29, 2024
Leonora Anyango won the Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award
Her work with immigrant and refugee populations, as a translator, on behalf of several Kenyan nonprofits, and in her service learning courses in our Composition program were all cited in the award notice. Please join us in congratulating Leonora!
March 29, 2024
Liberty Ferda was selected to be a 2024 Cave Canem Fellow
Cave Canem was founded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady with a mission to "cultivat[e] the artistic and professional growth of Black poets...[] by facilitating a nurturing space in which to learn, experiment, create, and present."
February 9, 2024
ENGCMP 1130 Projects in Digital Composition Showcase Interactive Kiosk
Students in Professor Stephen Quigley's Fall 2023 offering of the course ENGCMP 1130 Projects in Digital Composition learned interaction design principles and designed digital projects to display on a touch-screen interface. Projects in Digital Composition is part of both the DNID and PPW Major, drawing students from both programs, as well as students looking to fulfill their W requirement for the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
February 5, 2024
Cultural Rhetorics Visiting Scholars Series
Professor Alexandra Hidalgo's Cultural Rhetorics graduate course will be joined by three speakers, Aja Y. Martinez, Vox Jo Hsu, and Ana Milena Ribero in a series of talks on their work in Cultural Rhetorics.
October 17, 2023
Comp/Rhet PhD Program Information Session
Interested in applying for a PhD in Composition & Rhetoric?
Join Pitt's grad faculty to talk about our program and PhD applications generally, and meet others with similar interests!
Nov 1, 2023, 1130am-1pm ET
11:30-12:15: Meet Pitt Comp/Rhet’s Grad faculty and hear about our PhD Program.
12:15-1: Learn about the PhD application process and get advice on materials: CV, rec letters, statements, & writing samples.
Register: https://bit.ly/PittCompPhDInfo2023
October 6, 2023
TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies collection published
TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies, co-edited by Pitt Comp faculty member Annette Vee, Pitt undergraduate alum Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler, was published with WAC Clearinghouse in August, 2023. More on the collection:
October 2, 2023
Dr. Leonora Anyango won Harvard University’s Derek Bok Public Service Award!
This prestigious award for undergraduate and master’s graduates at Harvard recognizes creative initiatives in community service or long-standing records of civic achievement. Dr. Anyango—a Teaching Professor in the Composition program—was honored for mentoring college students, working with refugees and other international students in Pittsburgh, and financing education for blind youth in Kenya. The award comes with $3000, which Dr. Anyango will use to support the education of blind youth in Kenya.
September 25, 2023
Dr. Xiqiao Wang presents Works in Progress
On Oct 12, 930-1045 in 501CL, Xiqiao Wang will present from her book manuscript, “Multilingual writing in entanglement.” Reviewing the pre-circulated materials is recommended. You can download them from the English Sharepoint > Meetings > Works in Progress. Join us to discuss this work in progress!
September 12, 2023
Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo featured on The Big Rhetorical Podcast
Dr. Alexandra Hidalgo was featured as part of the Keystone Perspectives on the popular podcast, The Big Rhetorical Podcast, hosted by Dr. Charles Woods. Listen to Alex discuss her new position as the Charles Crow Chair in Composition at Pitt, her feminist filmmaking, and her editorial work with Constellations.
Dec 12, 2022
March 30, 2023
ChatGPT Wrote This Title: Exploring the Impact of AI on Our Minds and Society
Wednesday, April 19th, 7 p.m.
September 19, 2022
Humanities Center event: Wonder Drug: Needle Exchange as a Site of Care, Connection, and Renewal
Join Comp PhD Candidate CE Mackenzie for a talk at the Pitt Humanities Center on Oct 6, 12:30-2pm ET! With responses from Julie Beaulieu (GSWS) and Shalini Puri (English). Full details here:
https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/wonder_drug_needle_exchange_as_a_site_of_care_connection_and_renewal
April 29, 2022
PPW and DNID Graduation Ceremony
Pitt's Public and Professional Writing (PPW) and Digital Narrative and Design (DNID) Programs held a joint graduation ceremony in the Cathedral of Learning. View the programs pre-recorded speeches on our 2022 DNID PPW GRADUATION CEREMONY VIDEO.