Professional Writing & Rhetoric Minor

    Professional Writing and Rhetoric Minor

    Division

    Humanities

    Program Type

    Minor
    One additional writing course chosen in consultation with an advisor. This could be WRT 233, Selected Topics in Professional Writing, a Creative Writing course,or an approved writing/compo- sition course in another discipline such as CAT.
    Laura Warren Hill
    Dr. Laura Warren Hill
    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor
    Year Joined: 2010
    • B.A.
      SUNY At Geneseo
    • M.A.
      SUNY At Brockport
    • Ph.D.
      SUNY At Binghamton
    Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1732
    Office: 73 Oakland Avenue, Room Room 5
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    Laura Warren Hill

    Ph.D., US and African American History. Binghamton University, 2010
    Dissertation: Strike the Hammer While the Iron is Hot: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY, 1940-1970
    M.A. US History. The State University of New York College at Brockport, 2001
    B.A. History and English. Minor in Women's Studies. The State University of New York College at Geneseo, 1998

    What I teach:

    • US History I and II
    • African American History I and II
    • Intro to Africana Studies
    • Food History and Contemporary Food Issues
    • The Global Black Power Movement
    • The Civil Rights Movement and Women in the Civil Rights Movement
    • Social Policy and the Poor
    • Writing History
    • Senior Capstone

    Laura Warren Hill is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the History Department. She specializes in African American History and Africana Studies and teaches classes that focus on the history of race, gender, class, and social movements. She is currently working on a book entitled, Strike the Hammer While the Iron is Hot: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY, 1940-1970 (Cornell University Press). Her past publications include an edited collection, The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America and several articles on Malcolm X in Rochester, NY. Professor Hill encourages all students to take classes in History and Africana Studies so they might better understand the course of their own lives.

    Subject(s): Africana Studies, History, Women's Studies
    Academic Committee(s): Faculty Development

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