About Writing:

Social Change at the Writing Center

Social change is a part of Walden’s mission, and as a team of writing professionals, we believe writing can be a central tool for exploring, envisioning, expressing, and enacting social change. In addition, many of us volunteer in our local communities, conduct our own research around social change, and engage in meaningful dialogue around social issues.

We also hope students are interested in learning more about how they can use writing to achieve their own social change goals. The following Writing Center resources address various aspects of writing and social change, and we encourage you to use these resources to help you think about how writing—including the academic writing you do at Walden—connects with social change. Of course, also see the Center for Social Change for more social change resources.

Blog Posts

We’ve explored social change in many different ways on our blog, including an explanation of our inclusive language policy, reflections on community partnerships and social change, and tips for how to write for positive social change. You can also hear from fellow students about their social change interests in our Student Spotlight series.

Browse more social change blog posts using the Social Change label.

Faculty Voices: Walden Talks Writing Video Series

Learn about our faculty contributors' experience with writing for social change, including the importance of writing to social change and specific times they've used writing to enact social change.

Writing for Social Change in the Doctoral Capstone

Visit the Doctoral Capstone Form and Style website's page on social change for resources on writing about social change in the various, required areas of the doctoral capstone.