Innovative Teaching . Engaged Learning . Writing & Language Without Borders
A Message from our Chair
Welcome to the Writing and Language Studies Department.
Engagement. That’s what you should know about the Department of Writing & Language Studies at UTRGV. We have a bunch of faculty, teaching assistants, and staff focused on engaging you—our potential and current students. Every day, over 100 of us get to work trying to figure out how to put students at the center of our jobs. With experiential learning opportunities that immerse students in living research, we’re looking at how language and writing make things happen in the world. With many award-winning teachers and innovative programs, we’re building classroom spaces that buzz with collaboration and communication. And with energetic researchers and community partners in all our areas (Linguistics, Rhetoric & Composition, Spanish, Asian Studies, English as a Second Language, French, and more), we are creating new knowledge with our colleagues and our students.
Our degrees and minors may have traditional names, but our department is building a new identity we’d love to explore with you. We’re multilingual, we’re invested in social impact, and we’re here to help you design the world through writing and language. Let’s do this!
Colin Charlton
WLS Department Chair