A Full Spring course with one week of travel over Spring Break to Montgomery, AL. Connect the rich historical context of Montgomery to larger conversations about memory and rhetoric.
1 week of travel at
$1,050 plus tuition
WRIT 398 / MUSE 360
3 Credit Hours
Instructed by
Wendy Goldberg
Apply by
January 17, 2025
Travel Overview
Go beyond textbooks and lecture halls. Study USA’s travel courses combine academic learning with hands-on, real world experiences. Every class maximizes its unique location with immersive activities.
You’ll earn academic credit, apply what you’re learning directly to your surroundings, and engage in lively class experiences—all guided by Ole Miss faculty.
All activities are tentative and subject to change depending on scheduling, booking availability, and course adjustments.
What You'll Do
- Visit various historical and cultural sites in Montgomery, Alabama.
- During your week of travel, you'll also visit other locations throughout Alabama and Mississippi.
- Through reflective posts and analytical papers, explore how meaning is constructed and interpreted.
What You'll Learn
- Explore the powerful role of rhetoric in shaping how we remember the past, with a special focus on the unique cultural landscape of Montgomery, AL.
- Deepen your understanding of how history is told and retold in public spaces.
- Engage in dynamic academic discussions about public memory and memorializing.
- Strengthen your ability to write and communicate across various media and platforms.
- Examine how memorials, museums, and memorial museums communicate complex narratives, inspire consideration, and influence public memory.
Meet Your Instructor
All Study USA courses are designed and led by Ole Miss faculty. Your instructor(s) will be your first point of contact during your travels and lead you through all the class experiences.
Wendy Goldberg
Senior Lecturer in Composition & Rhetoric
Composition & Rhetoric, Liberal Arts
goldberg@olemiss.edu
Wendy Goldberg is a core instructor in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. The six years prior to joining UM, she taught composition and speech at The United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT). She has also taught composition and literature courses at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) and Three Rivers Community College (Norwich, CT) as well as summer courses at the Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth.
“In 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative opened the National Memorial for Justice and Peace in Montgomery, AL. This memorial paid tribute to the victims of lynching across the United States.
In 2020, after the national witnessing of George Floyd’s death, monuments across the country that memorialized the Confederacy were protested, taken down, moved, or even destroyed. Some remained in their place. These competing dialogues fused an ongoing American historical debate about public memory.”
- Wendy Goldberg