  {"id":8,"date":"2017-08-07T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:58:45","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-homepage-hero mlt-background-cover\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url(/writing-studies/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8/responsive-media/cache/writing-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/Castro-Writing-105-F21-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg);\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\" data-original-image=\"\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/09\/Castro-Writing-105-F21-scaled.jpg\" src=\"/writing-studies/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/8/responsive-media/cache/writing-studies/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/09/Castro-Writing-105-F21-scaled.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Castro&apos;s Writing 105 group shot on the Quad\"\/><h1 id=\"content-start\">Writing Studies<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"hero-footer\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"column\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width ghost-white\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/first-year-writing-program\/\">First-Year Writing<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width ghost-white\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/public-and-professional-writing\/\">Public and Professional Writing<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"column\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width ghost-white\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/faculty-and-staff\/\">Faculty and Staff<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-band scalable no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\"><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-thirds\">\n<h2>About the Department of Writing Studies<\/h2>\n<p>Uniting professional communication and rhetorical studies, our dedicated faculty of scholars and working writers prepare and empower students to be dynamic thinkers and writers in the 21st century. Writing Studies is an essential foundation for a diversity of careers in professional, civic, technical, and scientific writing, and key preparation for graduate studies in writing. We hope you&#8217;ll take a moment to explore the variety of our courses, activities, and events as well as introduce yourself to the faculty and students who have found excellence in Writing Studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Students now have the opportunity to <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/public-and-professional-writing-major\/\" target=\"_blank\">major in Public and Professional Writing<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u2013 If you have questions about the major or minor or need to talk to the Chair, email <a href=\"mailto:restainoj@mail.montclair.edu\">Jessica Restaino<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u2013 Questions about First-Year Writing should be directed to <a href=\"mailto:petricht@mail.montclair.edu\">Tatum Petrich<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/first-year-writing-program\/for-students\/course-substitution-or-waiver\/?wp_logged_in=true\">Looking to waive a general education course?<\/a><br \/>\n\u2013 For a fuller view of program activities, please email <a href=\"mailto:restainoj@mail.montclair.edu\">Jessica Restaino<\/a> to request a copy of the Writing Studies annual report.<br \/>\n<span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/2024\/12\/09\/department-of-writing-studies-ai-statement\/\">Read the Department&#8217;s AI Statement<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-column one-third\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: Public and Professional Writing: New Major\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zp9uX0R8e0?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"prpl-band lt-gray image-right\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/11\/Student-Listening-in-Class-040716_5595_CHSS-Classroom-1-1.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/11\/Student-Listening-in-Class-040716_5595_CHSS-Classroom-1-1.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a student listening in a classroom setting.\"\/><\/div><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Our Programs<\/h2>\n<p>We currently offer courses in our award winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/first-year-writing-program\/\">First-Year Writing program<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/public-and-professional-writing\/\">Public and Professional Writing minor.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0We launched a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/public-and-professional-writing-major\/\" target=\"_blank\">major in Public and Professional Writing <\/a>in Fall 2019. These programs are attuned to improving students&#8217; writing, critical thinking, and creativity across the entire university community and toward a diversity of careers. For example, in 2019, four students who wrote a grant proposal for Montclair Community Farms in WRIT 302: Grant Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2019\/07\/24\/student-grant-proposal-awarded-10000\/\">were awarded a $10,000 grant to benefit the local non-profit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"prpl-button-row\"><\/p><span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/\">Programs of Study<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-band red no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\"><div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: 星空无限传媒 University, CHSS, Writing Studies student, Toan Le&amp;#039;s, short film &amp;quot;Words Matter&amp;quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jXEWGoixqdc?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<h2>&#8220;Words Matter&#8221;: A Docushort<\/h2>\n<p>Writing Studies major and department intern Toan Le&#8217;s short film asks 星空无限传媒 students across majors an essential question, &#8220;Why do you write?&#8221; Check out this interesting, funny, impactful piece that reminds us all of how important writing is in our lives, both in school and out.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-band scalable no-margin\"><div class=\"text-content\">\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column three-fourths\"><div class=\"contact-info\"><div class=\"contact-info-header\"><span>Contact Department of Writing Studies<\/span><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-body\"><dl><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Location:<\/dt><dd>Schmitt Hall 222<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Phone:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"tel:973-655-7755\" class=\"a11y-phone-number\">973-655-7755<\/a><\/dd><\/div><div class=\"contact-info-group\"><dt>Email:<\/dt><dd><a href=\"mailto:CHSSAdmin@montclair.edu\">CHSSAdmin@montclair.edu<\/a><\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-fourth\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find Us on Social Media!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"prpl-icon-bar\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/montclairwrit\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/08\/instagram-smaller.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1201,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"advanced-page.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":117,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}