Nine rhetoric students publish
Congratulations to Kohawks from the rhetoric department who had their writing published this past year!
AJ Krizizke 鈥�25 has a paper published in Queen City Writers, a peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate writing housed at the University of Cincinnati. His paper is titled 鈥淓ffective Persuasion in Matters of Social Conscience,鈥� which he began working on in his First Year Seminar.
Associate Professor of Rhetoric Dr. Allison Carr said it鈥檚 somewhat difficult for undergraduate students to have writing published, but to experience the process is 鈥渉ugely important.鈥� Carr is also the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) director.
鈥淥ne thing we are trying to teach in so many of the writing-centric classes and majors at 探花社区 is that students鈥� voices, work and perspectives really do matter in the world, they really do have contributions to make right now. They don't need to wait until they are older. And the work we put out in the world helps to shape the conversation people have about subjects we care about as a community,鈥� Carr said.
Carr added that publishing writing can help build a resume as evidence of a student鈥檚 ability to communicate and take a project to completion. As the WAC director, she added that all Kohawks have the opportunity to practice writing in a broad range of situations, for many different purposes, and for many different audiences.聽
Other Kohawks were published on the-district.org. They wrote local business profiles for their Creative Nonfiction and American Culture course. Students writing profiles include HJ Hass 鈥�23, Julie Kelnar 鈥�26, Darrius Saunders 鈥�25, Jennifer Nino 鈥�23, Izabella Journet 鈥�26, Lena Osman 鈥�25, Adele Dummermuth 鈥�26 and Luke Hougen 鈥�25.
Dummermuth said 鈥淚 think that this experience has shown me some of the opportunities that writing has in the real world, along with showing me the importance of connections with other people. All of this has impacted the way that I can see myself using my writing skills post college by showing me an extension of opportunities.鈥�