Department of English

Welcome to the Writing Program

The Writing Program is comprised of two required writing courses (First-Year Writing and Advanced Writing in the Disciplines), a university Writing Center, and an undergraduate writing journal, NU Writing.

NUPath Writing-Intensive Courses

Our Students    

Juliane Martin

  • Juliane studied abroad in Greece through the N.U.in program and started to build a community of like-minded students.
  • She took "Ethics: East & West" with Professor Jung Lee, which exposed her to the complex issues of cultural stigmas around the world, such as access to education and women’s rights.
  • Juliane's first co-op was at the White House working in the office of First Lady Michelle Obama. She gained first-hand experience in policymaking and global security issues.
  • She build a relationship with Professor Serana Parekh, inspired by her extensive work in the realm of human trafficking and women’s rights.
  • Juliane interned in the U.S. Senate Office of the Honorable Dianne Feinstein and handled daily communication with constituents and local businesses.
  • She graduated magna cum laude in 2017.
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Vishal Makhijani

  • Vishal took "Economic Justice" with Professor Serena Parekh and explored topics like spatial segregation & gentrification through a philosophical lens.
  • He was the Constituent Advocate for the City of Boston, a role which offered not only a deeper understanding of Boston’s politics but also a general understanding of how a city government functions.
  • Vishal traveled on an Honors Dialogue of Civilizations and studied propaganda and other strategies behind the Nazi rise to power in Germany.
  • He served as Chapter Executive Director with Generation Citizen, which connects college students with middle & high school students to affect change in their local governments.
  • Vishal was a Research Assistant for the Institute of Economics and Peace in Sydney, Australia. There he assisted in the creation of the 2018 Global Terrorism Index.
  • He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2019.
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Isabella Carlsson

  • Isabella took "Advanced Logic" with Professor Rory Smead, which taught her to approach problems related to logic in her computer science courses.
  • She traveled abroad for the UK-based Pembroke-King’s Programme, which refined her understanding of what formal frameworks in philosophy represent.
  • Isabella's interest in philosophy grew during her co-op at the Munich Center. She conducted independent research, attended conferences, and examined graduate coursework.
  • The course "Ethics & Evolutionary Games" gave Isabella a way to connect philosophy to her studies in economics.
  • Isabella went on another co-op at Carnegie Mellon University, learning the basics of decision theory and exposed her to formal notation.
  • She graduated in 2018.
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