The Mich – Writing Michigan | 2022.2: Returns
David Gold, Rhetoric and Writing Scholar, U Michigan | History of Rhetoric • Women's Rhetorics • Digital Rhetorics • Writing Stu
I’m a Professor of English , Education , and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan, specializing in rhetoric and writing. I also serve as a program affiliate to the Joint PhD Program in English and Education and as a faculty advisor to the UM Language and Rhetorical Studies Group .
I love teaching at UM . I offer a variety of courses in rhetoric, writing, and literacy studies, and I enjoy working with students at all levels, from first-year students writing their first college essays to PhD candidates writing their dissertations. Recent undergrad offerings include Literacy in a Digital Age , Writing for the Real World , Dangerous Women: Activism in the Progressive Era , and Women’s Rhetorics from Suffrage to Today; grad offerings include What Is Writing For , Researching and Teaching
As much as possible, I try to make my courses hands-on through student-led discussions and in-class workshops. I also try to help students to produce writing they would be proud sharing with an audience outside of class. In my Magazine Writing course, students publish an online magazine, The Mich , focusing on issues of interest to local readers, and in my women’s rhetoric courses, students apply feminist principles to editing Wikipedia, a powerful yet gendered knowledge-making space.
The Mich – Writing Michigan | 2022.2: Returns
David Gold, Rhetoric and Writing Scholar, U Michigan | History of Rhetoric • Women's Rhetorics • Digital Rhetorics • Writing Stu