News from DePaul University's Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
The WRD Department and department chair, Peter Vandenberg, were recently featured in a DePaul Insights article. In it, author Melissa Smith writes about how WRD focuses on the importance of critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills–all of which are vital in the professional world. To read more about how WRD is reframing the liberal arts, click here to access the article on page 9 of DePaul’s Insights.
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This quarter, WRD Professor Sarah Read was granted a competitive Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Research Initiative grant. Beginning in March, Read along with her colleague Michael Michaud at Rhode Island College, will begin a national survey research project called “Surveying the Status of the Multi-major Professional Writing Course in U.S. Institutions of Higher Education.” As the title of the project suggests, the main goal of this research project is to gather vital data about introductory professional writing courses taught at colleges and universities across the country.
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Join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 6pm (reception at 5:30pm) in McGowan South 104 as WRD welcomes Professor Angela M. Haas from Illinois State University. An Associate Professor of rhetoric and technical communication, her research and teaching focus on working toward social justice in diverse local and global work places and learning spaces. Haas is also an affiliate faculty member in ethnic, Native American, and women’s and gender studies. The focus of her talk will be “Social Justice Writing Practices & Pedagogies.”
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Today, Diversion Books reissued 5 mystery novels written by WRD faculty member Michael Raleigh. Originally written in the 1990s, these novels are traditional private eye stories following a detective who focuses on missing persons cases. Set in 1980s Chicago, Raleigh provides readers with images of Chicago in the not-so-distant past. To effectively communicate the look and feel of a Chicago from days gone by, Raleigh’s novels are full of visually interesting street scenes featuring Uptown and Argyle Street, the Maxwell Street Market, and the now closed Riverview Park—an amusement park which operated from 1904 to 1967 near Belmont and Western
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What’s so important about Liberal Arts? John W. Rowe, serving most recently as the chairman and chief executive officer of Exelon Corporation, will answer this question when he visits DePaul on Tuesday, February 24th. Join us at 4:30pm in Cortelyou Commons to hear Rowe discuss Liberal Arts in the 21st century and why this form of education remains relevant now as well as in the future.
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The Winter Quarter has just begun, but the Course Cart for Spring and Summer classes will be open soon! The Spring Quarter Course Cart opens on January 27, and registration begins on February 10. Any questions? Email your program director or contact the department at wrd[at]depaul.edu. If you’d like a comprehensive list of WRD’s course offerings, visit the Student Resources page at WRD’s website. There, you can plan your class schedule with detailed course descriptions at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Any questions about what classes to take? Email your program director or contact the department at wrd[at]depaul.edu.
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This quarter, the New Media Studies Master’s program is offering a new special topics course, Social Media Content Strategy. The course, taught by adjunct professor Brent Waugh, investigates a range of social media and content strategy topics, including how to integrate digital and traditional forms of marketing, best practices for social media use, how to use social analytics, and how to maintain a personal brand. Students in the class have read timely books on social media, including Jonah Berger’s Contagious: Why Things Catch On and Erik Qualman’s Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business. Class
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Best Project in TESOL Finding an Appropriate Place for ESL Students: The Challenges of Placing ESL Students in FYW Programs By Lauren Martyn Click the link below to view Lauren’s project. 2014 TESOL Award Project
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Best New Media Content You Are Beautiful – The Small Message That Became A Movement By Jill Ochawa Click here to view Jill’s project. Best Interactive Media Design Graphic Design Portfolio Website By Hilary Conlisk Click here to view Hilary’s project.
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Best Project in Professional & Technical Writing A Recommendation Report for LCDC: Visual Storytelling & Social Media Strategy By Brendan Bergen, Matt D’Agostino, Arielle Lockett, & Jeffrey Melichar Best Project in Teaching Writing & Language Rethinking the Creative Writing Model at a Writing and Tutoring Center By Bridget Wagner Click the link below to view Bridget’s project. 2014 Teaching Writing and Language Award Project Best Project in Rhetoric & Discourse “Getting with the Program”: Algorithms, Software, and the Everyday By Molly Rentscher Click the link below to view Molly’s project.
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