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PWR 1HT

Writing & Rhetoric 1: What Are You, Anyway? The Rhetorics of Ethnic and Racial Identity

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter (ABCD/NP)
LEVEL:Undergrad
GER:Writing 1

PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class takes as its theme ideas about identity and how that centers to a great degree on ethnicity and race. These concepts, often considered equal, are tied to social narratives that influence all our lives. A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ht For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

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Sections

1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 25288
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:11:30 AM – 1:20 PM
LOCATION:160-328
INSTRUCTOR:
Jernigan, Harriett
4units
Seminar 2Open
ID: 26293
0 / 17 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:1:30 PM – 3:20 PM
LOCATION:160-328
INSTRUCTOR:
Jernigan, Harriett
4units

PWR 1HT: Writing & Rhetoric 1: What Are You, Anyway? The Rhetorics of Ethnic and Racial Identity

4 units · Letter (ABCD/NP) · GER: Writing 1

PWR 1 courses focus on developing writing and revision strategies for rhetorical analysis and research-based arguments that draw on multiple sources. This class takes as its theme ideas about identity and how that centers to a great degree on ethnicity and race. These concepts, often considered equal, are tied to social narratives that influence all our lives. A full course description and video can be found here: pwrcourses.stanford.edu/pwr1/pwr1ht For the PWR course catalog please visit https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/. Enrollment is handled by the PWR office.

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday Thursday 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM — 160-328 — Jernigan, Harriett (Undergrad)
  • Seminar — Tuesday Thursday 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM — 160-328 — Jernigan, Harriett (Undergrad)

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