{"id":59,"date":"2014-05-21T09:52:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:44:09","slug":"rhetoric-writing-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/students\/graduate\/graduate-plans\/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhetoric, Professional Writing, and Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee&#8217;s Department of English offers an MA degree with an emphasis in <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/graduate\/graduate-plans\/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement\/ma-requirements\/\">Rhetoric and Professional Writing<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/graduate\/graduate-plans\/rhetoric-writing-community-engagement\/phd-requirements\/\">PhD in Public Rhetorics and Community Engagement<\/a> (Plan B). Our department is consistently ranked in the top third and our program is distinguished by its:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>focus on training teacher-scholars,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a close-knit, supportive community, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>interdisciplinary scholarship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our faculty members publish award-winning books and articles, serve on the editorial boards of leading journals and book series, hold leadership positions in national organizations, and are frequently invited to conferences as featured or keynote speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-container\" class=\"uwmpeople-grid\"><div id=\"uwmpeople-grid\" class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--1 uwm-u-mb-60\" aria-hidden=\"false\"><div class=\"uwmpeople-person uwm-l-grid uwm-u-mb-40\" data-catlist=\"171, 154, 162, 196, 154, 161, 154, 160\"><div class=\"people-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/about\/directory\/watson-shevaun\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/watsonse.webp?ver=\" alt=\"Shevaun Watson thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"people-info\"><div class=\"people-name\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/about\/directory\/watson-shevaun\/\">Shevaun Watson<\/a><\/strong><\/div><div class=\"uwm-u-my-0\"><ul class=\"people-title-dept uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li><strong>Associate Professor, Director of Composition<\/strong>, <em>English<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"people-contact uwm-c-list--cleanlist\"><li class=\"people-email\"><a href=\"mailto:watsonse@uwm.edu\">watsonse@uwm.edu<\/a><\/li><li class=\"people-phone\"><a href=\"tel:4142294511\">414-229-4511<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee&#8217;s Department of English offers an MA degree with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Professional Writing and a PhD in Public Rhetorics and Community Engagement (Plan B). 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