In 1993, I was a graduate student in a Critical Studies Ph.D. program studying independent, avant-garde and feminist film and video, figuring out how to write about them, and thinking about what it ...

Critical thinking is a multifarious or compound system of judgments that assists in analyzing information and coming up with substantial conclusions, creating a valuation of what is happening, and ...

The stress and tedium that can be associated with writing is a common subject of social media posting by academics, albeit often in a humorous manner. But, think about non-academics, whose main ...

The academic traditions of criticism, theory, and critical writing all have an equal part in our rigorous MA in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism program. Here students immerse themselves in ...

Penn is piloting its first writing seminar only for sophomore transfer students this fall, taught by Fayyaz Vellani at Rodin College House. Credit: Anna Vazhaeparambil Penn has launched a new writing ...

In January, I’ll teach another version of my favorite class, “Creative Critical Writing,” a graduate writing workshop dedicated to exploring diverse techniques for writing about—and with, next to or ...

Technology provides access to vast information and makes daily life easier. Yet, too much reliance on technology potentially interferes with the acquisition and maintenance of critical thinking skills ...

Stories matter. They convey the human experience and all of its complexities in a way that allows us to live the lives of people we’ve never met, people who are different than us, and through ...