New ENPH Director appointed

Dr. Phil Sandick, Associate Teaching Professor of Writing and English, will be the next Director of the Master of Arts Program in Engaged and Public Humanities. Sandick’s role as Director will begin in on July 1, transitioning from the Interim Director, Dr. Charles McNelis.

Professor Sandick’s research examines how podcast pedagogy and multimodal composition transform students’ relationship to writing: turning audio composition into a catalyst for understanding writing as an ongoing, public practice. He has been teaching with podcasts and digital media since 2010, developing assignment sequences that ask students to compose for audiences and communities beyond the classroom. His teaching practices and scholarship are centered around the concept that the most significant writing occurs when students shift from writing for a static “audience” and toward writing for present and real communities. Read more about Dr. Sandick at his profile here.