Scholarships
Ann M. Johns Endowed Scholarship for Rhetoric and Writing Studies
The Ann M. Johns Endowed Scholarship for Rhetoric and Writing Studies provides scholarship support to students in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the College of Arts and Letters.
Apply by submitting a general application through Aztec Scholarships.
Deadline to apply for 2024-25 is August 30, 2024.
Emerita Professor Ann Johns Establishes Two New Endowed Scholarships in CAL
May 5, 2023
By Leslie L.J. Reilly
Scholarships will support students in the Departments of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages.
It was in 1973 when Ann Johns first arrived on the mesa to begin her storied career at San Diego State University. She was a young, energetic, and committed instructor, fresh from her Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) master’s program at The American University in Cairo.
That same year, Johns founded the American Language Institute (ALI) and directed it until 1981. She also began teaching composition to diverse students as a lecturer in the English department, all while working on her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California.
In the early 1990s, Johns co-founded SDSU's Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies; and, with a dual appointment, she was instrumental in creating the applied specialization in the Department of Linguistics. She also founded and co-directed several other programs at SDSU, including the Center for Teaching and Learning, Freshman Success Program, and Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Program. She spent four years as assistant dean in the College of Arts and Letters (1993-1997).