Ohio State’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy Program has a proud history as a national leader in scholarship and teaching. In offering students the opportunity to study the histories, theories, and practices of writing, rhetoric, and literacy we encourage critical and ethical engagement with discourse in a variety of media and contexts.
experience wrl@osu
Through interdisciplinary approaches to language and representation, WRL students gain wide-ranging insights into the nature of communicative practices and their power to shape our attitudes, actions, and identities.
Our department has expertise in a range of vibrant research and teaching areas—including:
- digital media studies,
- cultural studies,
- disability studies,
- education theory,
- folklore,
- contemporary rhetorical theory,
- linguistics,
- medical humanities,
- science and technology studies