Department News & Events – Page 5

January 16, 2020 Maddy Crozier

WRD Winter Quarter News & Updates

Welcome back, WRD students! We rounded up a list of some of the most important news and updates for Winter Quarter, including information about the WQ Speaker Series, degree conferral deadlines, and financial assistance opportunities.

January 14, 2020 Megan Palmer

Dr. Kristin Bivens to Visit January 22

For the Winter Quarter’s Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series, the WRD department has invited Dr. Kristen Bivins to speak on Wednesday, January 22.

November 19, 2019 Maddy Crozier

The Best Places To Read & Write This Winter

Do your winter break plans include catching up on some reading and writing? We put together a list of some of the best places to read and write in Chicago during winter break.

November 14, 2019 Maddy Crozier

Faculty Research Recap

Wonder what our WRD faculty members have been up to in the last five months? It turns out a lot! Catch up on some of the latest faculty research updates below.

October 29, 2019 Maddy Crozier

Speaker Series Recap: Dr. Frankie Condon

The WRD Department hosted Dr. Frankie Condon for its Autumn Quarter Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series. Dr. Condon, an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, led a workshop and a talk on anti-racism and racial imaginaries.

October 22, 2019 Megan Palmer

Faculty Research Spotlight: Jason Schneider

For the last four years, WRD Assistant Professor Jason Schneider has been conducting a longitudinal study that follows a cohort of international students through their journeys and academic careers at DePaul University.

October 15, 2019 Alex Treat

Dr. Frankie Condon visits DePaul October 22

For the Autumn Quarter’s Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series, WRD has invited Dr. Frankie Condon to speak on Tuesday, October 22. In her talk, Dr. Condon will discuss the racial imaginations present among writing teachers and tutors and assess how it influences the pedagogical values and systems at play in their environments.

February 6, 2019 depaulwrd

Dr. Juan C. Guerra visits DePaul February 18

We are excited to announce the Winter Quarter event for our Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders speaker series. We will be welcoming Dr. Juan C. Guerra to our department on Monday, February 18 at 4:30–6:00pm in McGowan South 105.

January 22, 2019 depaulwrd

DePaul WRD partners with College of DuPage for the Curricular Pathway in Writing and Rhetoric

On November 21, 2018, DePaul’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse signed a formal agreement with the College of DuPage (COD) that creates a curriculum pathway relationship between the English department at COD and the Major in WRD.

October 19, 2018 Channing Tabb

Faculty Spotlight: Tim Elliott

In autumn quarter 2018, WRD extended a warm welcome to Professor Tim Elliott, the newest tenure-track member of the WRD faculty. He will teach undergraduate and graduate Professional Writing courses at DePaul. This quarter, Professor Elliott is teaching graduate course WRD 523: Editing and undergraduate course WRD 301: Writing in Workplace Contexts.