George Floyd street mural

For students interested in equity, access, activism, and social justice movements, the Writing Program offers seminars tailored to these topics. Also see the Hub Pathway on Social & Racial Justice for courses beyond the Writing Program.

Topics offered in this area include:

  • Asians Are People of Color
  • Speaking Out for Change
  • (In)visible Labor
  • Writing Environmental Justice
  • Linguistic Justice via Ubuntu
  • Literary Gender & Sexuality
  • Race, Identity, Short Story
  • Rhetorics of Disability
  • Sociology of Code Switching
  • The Language of Identity
  • These Films are So Gay: Coded Homosexuality in American Cinema
  • Writing More-than-Human Worlds
  • Writing Race & the Environment
  • Boston Theatre/Community Now
  • Speaking Out for Change