Charles Moran Best Text Contest 2021 Winners
December 02, 2022
The UMass Writing Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Charles Moran Best Text Contest for 2021. The winning texts can be accessed in the UMass ScholarWorks Best Text Collection....
Writing Program 40th Anniversary Profile: Peggy Woods
November 16, 2022
This profile is the third and final in the Writing Program’s 40th anniversary series highlighting faculty members instrumental in beginning the WP at UMass Amherst. Each profile provides a unique...
Writing Program 40th Anniversary Profile: Peter Elbow
October 12, 2022
This profile is the second in the Writing Program’s 40th anniversary series highlighting faculty members instrumental in beginning the WP at UMass Amherst. Each profile provides a unique...
Spring Symposium
Old Chapel and Online
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
CD Group Meeting
10:00 am to 11:15 am
CD Group Meeting
10:00 am to 11:15 am
CD Group Meeting
10:00 am to 11:15 am

40 Years of the UMass Writing Program
Since 1982, The UMass Amherst Writing Program has worked to empower student writers to examine the intersections of writing, language, and power and learn the rhetorical flexibility needed for their academic, professional, public, and personal lives.
Our new timeline shares images and events that give life to our program’s history.
View the timeline!