San Diego State University Department of Rhetoric and Writing

RWS is dedicated to the research and teaching of rhetoric, which refers to the study, uses, and effects of written, spoken, and visual language. We view rhetorical study and written literacy (verbal and visual) as vital to academic, professional, civic, and personal life. We emphasize rhetoric’s dynamic relationship to culture, politics, critical thought, and individual and collective identities.

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RWS is dedicated to the research and teaching of rhetoric, which refers to the study, uses, and effects of written, spoken, and visual language. We view rhetorical study and written literacy (verbal and visual) as vital to academic, professional, civic, and personal life. We emphasize rhetoric’s dynamic relationship to culture, politics, critical thought, and individual and collective identities.

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