The Composition and Rhetoric graduate program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for MA and PhD graduate study.
We are hosting an online open house on November 9th from 4pm-5pm EST and would love to meet and chat with prospective applicants to our program. Please register for this event using the following link: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tf-uvqDgiGtRunuDI_66xKJGyjuQ89JrX.
Should you have any issues registering please email one of our current graduate students, Stacie Klinowski, at sklinowski for help.
UMass Amherst’s Comp-Rhet program has a long and distinguished history, begun in 1970 by Walker Gibson and developed further by Charles Moran, Anne Herrington, and Peter Elbow. Currently, nine faculty work in Composition and Rhetoric across our English Department and Writing Program: Anne Bello, Rebecca Dingo, David Fleming, Haivan Hoang, Donna LeCourt, Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, Anna Rita Napoleone, Tara Pauliny, and Janine Solberg. We are the authors of award-winning books and articles and recipients of major teaching and mentoring awards.
Together, faculty and graduate students comprise a lively intellectual community with regular social gatherings and close teaching and research collaboration. Faculty and students work in many research areas, including the history, theory, and pedagogy of rhetoric and composition; critical race theory; community literacy studies; multilingual writing; queer studies; feminist rhetorics; transnational rhetoric; digital composing; professional and technical writing. Graduate students are fully funded through UMass Amherst’s award-winning Writing Program and a wide variety of administrative and teaching positions across campus. The program offers regular opportunities for fellowship support and scholarly networking, including the Elbow Symposium and the Gibson prize and lecture. Graduate students at UMass Amherst enjoy excellent benefits and a strong union.
The Comp-Rhet faculty are dedicated to graduate student mentoring, professional development, and outstanding job placement. In the past ten years, over 95% of graduates have accepted their desired academic, administrative, or industry positions. Graduates of the program work at a wide variety of institutions such as Northeastern University, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, UMass Boston, Columbia University, Muhlenberg College, Miami University of Ohio, California State University Fresno, University of Southern Maine, Austin College, University of North Texas.
UMass Amherst is located in the beautiful valley of western Massachusetts, home to the Five College Consortium and a vibrant community of small New England towns, convenient to both Boston and New York City.
The deadline for applications is December 15, 2023. We hope to see you on November 9th!
Stacie Klinowski, M.A. (she/her/hers)
PhD Candidate, Composition & Rhetoric
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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