Department News & Events – Page 3

September 28, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Event Preview: Writing and Rhetoric Across Borders with Dr. Aja Y. Martinez

Learn more about our Speaker Series Presenter, Dr. Aja Y. Martinez.

June 8, 2021 depaulwrd

Professor Sarah Brown Wins Excellence in FYW Award

For the 2021 Excellence in FYW Award, Sarah Brown has been recognized for her dedication to her courses and students.

May 21, 2021 Alex Treat

Speaker Series Recap: Dr. Dylan Dryer

For this quarter’s speaker series, WRD invited Dr. Dylan Dryer to talk about the policing of language and the vigilantes who perpetuate it.

May 7, 2021 Alex Treat

WRD Scholars Attend CCCC 2021

With CCCC recently holding its annual conference, we talked to one of WRD’s attendees to get the rundown on the research and presentations.

April 30, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Speaker Series Preview: Dr. Dylan Dryer

Join us for this quarter’s Speaker Series with Dr. Dylan Dryer as he talks about violent police language and what we can do to disarm it.

February 19, 2021 Alex Treat

Speaker Series Recap – Dr. Cedric D. Burrows

At last week’s Speaker Series, Dr. Cedric Burrows talked about the concepts of rhetorical crossover, whitesplaining, and afrosplaining.

February 18, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

What to Know about HumanitiesX

We talked to Lisa Dush about HumanitiesX at DePaul to find out what opportunities and event await students with them.

February 4, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Winter Speaker Series – Dr. Cedric D. Burrows

For this Winter Quarter’s Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series, Dr. Cedric Burrows has been invited by the WRD department to speak about his book on whitescripting and afrosplaining.

February 3, 2021 Alex Treat

Event Recap – A Conversation with Agnes Callard

Last Monday, HumanitiesX worked with DePaul’s Department of Philosophy to host their latest Writing in this Moment event, inviting Dr. Agnes Callard from The University of Chicago.

November 18, 2020 Kristen Vosberg

Speaker Recap – Dr. Ursula Ore on Rhetoric, Violence, & Lynching

The WRD Speaker Series last week hosted Dr. Ursula Ore, who talked about her and research on the history and rhetoric of lynching in America. Here’s a summation for those missed out on the event!