The Emory Writing Program is committed to research, teaching, and professional development situated in the fields of writing studies, rhetoric, and professional and technical communication. The Emory Writing Program contributes to the humanistic mission of Emory University by offering all students and instructors the chance to: 

• develop critical communicative strategies that are rhetorically attentive to social, technological, and disciplinary situations 
• create and share knowledge within and across disciplines, professions, and communities 
• heighten their capacities to research, synthesize, and evaluate the perspectives and arguments of others 
• practice writing and communication as human-derived acts of consideration, description, analysis, composition, reflection, design, and revision through a range of modes and genres 
• reflect upon and refine strategies for teaching writing and communication as a process and develop awareness of the complex ethical demands of communication 

In these ways, the Emory Writing Program’s faculty and staff prepare all students and train any instructors to think in dynamic, flexible, and contextualized ways about knowledge making and communication. All those who work with the Emory Writing Program—through Writing Across Emory, the Emory Writing Center, First-Year Writing, the RWID Minor, or any of our course offerings—also have the chance to develop their academic, personal, professional and cultural identities in reflective, supportive communities where they practice writing and communication.