This page serves to provide resources for career advancement through DePaul as well as academic and professional associations. These lists are expansive but not exhaustive, so do not be afraid to reach out to WRD faculty and staff for more career-oriented advice.
Department Resources
- WRD Blog Job and Internship Posts – find WRD alumni interviews, career advice, and job insights
- Professionalization Conversations – the WRD Department hosts an ongoing panel discussion series, in which alumni share their own career insights as WRD graduates. Find the most recent panel overview here.
DePaul Resources
- Career Advising – DePaul’s center for one-on-one career help
- Alumni Sharing Knowledge – a network that pairs Alum to undergrad and graduate students to assist them in navigating the working world
Career Pathways & Class Recommendations
- Professional and Digital Writing Track – a guide to where the PDW concentration can take you and which classes will strengthen the necessary skills
- Teaching Track – shows all aspects of teaching, from pedagogy to in class experience, and what classes will satisfy the various certifications available
Academic Associations
- Pi Epsilon Pi – national honor society for undergraduate students in writing studies
- The Conference on College Composition and Communication – the go-to composition resource and authority
- National Council of Teachers of English – a main network for English Teachers
Professional Associations
- Chicago Writers Association – a Chicago based NPO working with Chicago writers of all genres
- The American Medical Writers Association – the authority on medical writing (charges a fee for membership)
- The American Society of Business Publication Editors – society for business-to-buisness (B2B) directed writing
- Education Writers Association – for those who write about teaching and pedagogy
- National Association of Science Writers – focused on communicating science to a non-expert audience
- ACES: The Society for Editing – society for editors of all types
- The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators – society dedicated toward children’s books authors and illustrators
- The American Society of Journalist and Authors – society focused on journalistic writing
- This site links out to many other professional associations and genre-specific organizations beyond this list.
Conference Opportunities
- Conferences – Rhetoric & Composition Society
- For undergraduate students – check out SIGDOC, who hosts a section for undergraduate research at their annual conference.
- For graduate students – there are many opportunities for MA students to present at conference from NCTE”s annual CCC Convention to more specialized conferences such as the Association for Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine’s biennial pre-convention event.
Publication Opportunities
- Publications – Rhetoric & Composition Society
- Publication Opportunities – Running Collaborative Doc
- For undergraduate students – check out the Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects, a great place to share creative multimedia productions and research.
- For graduate students – be sure to explore the range of publications in both documents, both of which accept submissions from MA- and PhD-level students alike.