Lindemann PhD Fellowship

Erika Lindemann PhD Fellowship in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Erika Lindemann Fellowship supports incoming PhD students in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies. This fellowship honors Erika Lindemann, Professor Emeritus at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is a national leader in rhetoric, composition and literacy studies, recipient of the CCCC Exemplar Award, and author of the award-winning book, A Rhetoric for Writing Teachers, now in its fourth edition.

The Lindemann Fellowship provides $5,000 of additional summer research funding (distributed the summer after joining the program). Additionally, the Lindemann Fellow will offer professional development opportunities working with program administrators on teaching resource material development.

The specialization in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies is selective and highly individualized, fostering a close community of scholar-teachers. Our award-winning tenure-line faculty members are exceptional mentors and have an outstanding record of placing graduates in tenure-line academic positions. Many of our students’ dissertations and subsequent monographs have won national awards.

All applicants to the PhD program in English and Comparative Literature who express interest in rhetoric, composition, and literacy will be considered for the Lindemann Fellowship. However, applicants are encouraged to mention their interest in the fellowship in their statement of purpose. To learn more about submitting an application, see this page. Please contact Daniel, Professor and Director of the UNC Writing Program, for additional application and program details (iamdan@unc.edu).