Author: Callie McNorton

The genre of legal writing is an intimidating one. You see it in pop culture or in high stakes situations. Even if you are not planning to become a lawyer, there are many transferable skills and rhetoric components that are vital to writing outside the genre. Professor Andrea Yelin worked as a law librarian for nine years and also taught legal research and writing to law students at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In Autumn 2026, Professor Yelin will be teaching WRD 321: Writing in the Legal Profession. Whether you want to go to law school or learn how

Do you like food? Do you, at the very least, have some sort of relationship with food? If so, WRD 376 Field Work in Arts Writing: Food Writing may be a course you take next quarter. Professor Carolyn Vos will urge students to “explore how physical, emotional, and cultural dimensions of food can help shape compelling narratives.”  Over the course of the quarter, students will have a chance to engage with fieldwork and come to understand the intersection between storytelling identity and culture. The first assignment of the quarter requires that students go to an art museum and engage with

From conspiratorial rabbit holes to makeup tutorials, Americans are trapped within algorithms and a constant influx of information. College aged students have found themselves at the genesis of the social media age, and while it affects everyone, it can be overwhelming to face political and social issues online. Professor Poncin Reeves wants to equip students to engage in thoughtful dialogue around meaningful and sometimes controversial topics. WRD 390: Persuasion in the Age of TikTok will address how “democracy encounters the information deluge of social media.” Crosslisted as LSP 275: Lived Civics, The Social Contract and Public Life, this course will