Shared and Public Syllabi
Syllabi are shared here by you, and we are excited about this ongoing collaboration.
Please email VACommunityWriting@gmail.com if you would like to share your syllabus!
This syllabus was shared by Tobi Jacobi and Mary Ellen Sanger at Colorado State University, both of whom specialize in community literacy.
Literacy, Borders, & (Counter)Narratives
This syllabus was shared by Tobi Jacobi at Colorado State University, who specializes in community literacy.
Critical Literacies and Community Writing
This syllabus is from Daniel Strasberger’s personal website. Daniel is a lecturer at Chapman University.
Writing Centers and Community Literacy
This is a publicly available syllabus written by Shannon Carter at Texas A&M University. You might find the course reading list useful!
This is a publicly available syllabus written by Linda Flower and Stacie Dojonovic at Carnegie Mellon University. This includes ‘literacy debates’, and community writing activities and inquiries.
WRT 105 is an introduction to academic writing course that focuses on the practices of analysis and argument, which carry across disciplinary lines and into professional and civic writing.
Writing for Change: Theory, Practice, and Community Publishing
Writing for Change: Theory, Practice, and Community Publishing will enable students to explore the connections between literacy work and social justice.
Pathways to Freedom: Stories of Struggle and Protest in Brooklyn and the Mid-Atlantic
This syllabus was created by Deborah Mutnick at Long Island University Brooklyn.
The Idea of the Human: Pathways to Freedom
This syllabus was created by Deborah Mutnick at Long Island University Brooklyn.
This syllabus was created by Hiram Sims at The University of Southern California. This syllabus describes an introductory course that focuses on community writing workshops.
Critical Literacies and Community Writing
This is a publicly available syllabus was created by Karina J. Trejo Melendez at Chapman University. This is an excellent example of accessibility in terms of balanced text and graphics. Additionally, a statement on care is first and therefore prioritized!
Community Education / Community Action
This is a publicly available syllabus by Patricia S. Buck at Bates College that features an interesting community memoir project.
This syllabus was created by Amber Sylva at San Jose State University. It is a first year academic writing course centered on the them of “community.”
In this course syllabus, created by Kristin Winet (formerly at Rollins College but now at the University of Arizona), students learn theories of technical and professional communication as they design technical communication documents for a local literacy organization.
This syllabus was created by Benjamin Gatling at George Mason University. Examines ethnography through modeling and practice.
Critical Issues and Debates in Middle East and Islamic Studies
This syllabus was created by Benjamin Gatling at George Mason University. An advanced survey of significant issues, paradigms, and methodologies in the study of the the Middle East and Islam.
This syllabus was created by Benjamin Gatling at George Mason University. Examines the social functions of personal narrative.
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