With January in full swing, WRD welcomes Winter along with two new MA students. Steven Reese and Amanda Finn are embracing their first experience learning online this Winter Quarter.
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Company Profiles – WRD Alumni Work Here, Maybe You Can Too
Take a look at some companies WRD Alumni have ended up at, and see what classes are recommended to get there.
Continue readingCourse Spotlight: MPS 519 Resource Development
MPS 519 Resource Development is one of two core requirements for the SWAN Certificate – and its being offered next Winter. Learn more about it in this preview with Dr. Lisa Dietlin
Continue readingMA Course Spotlight – WRD 506 Multicultural Rhetoric
With the course cart opened, we followed up with Dr. Monica Reyes to learn about how she is approaching WRD 506 this upcoming quarter.
Continue readingWelcome to WRD
WRD would like to introduce the new MA students and share a little about them.
Continue readingIntroducing the 2020-21 Graduate Assistants
With the start of a new year, we also have new additions to the WRD graduate assistantship. Learn about them and their responsibilities here in this introduction.
Continue readingStatement and Action Plan of the WRD Faculty in Support of the Black Lives Matter movement
Statement of the FacultyDepartment of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse In the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse (WRD) at DePaul University, we teach students to write because writing expands their agency, power, and responsibility to act in the world. We teach students to write to help them move through the world with increased confidence so that they can use their writing to confront constraints and to imagine new possibilities. We also understand that writing can perpetuate injustice. Words do harm not only when they are offensive and overtly racist, but also when they are withheld when they are needed to
Continue readingWRD Graduate Assistant Spotlight 2020
As they graduate and go on to pursue their professional and academic goals, we interviewed GAs and writing staff members Maddy Crozier and Megan Palmer as they embrace new horizons. Read about their experiences and future plans!
Continue readingStudent Work Spotlight: The Essay
Throughout this quarter, students have read, discussed and critiqued a wide variety of essays in WRD 241/515. Read a selection of their work here.
Continue readingWRD Department Launches New SWAN Certificate
The WRD Department, in partnership with the School of Public Service, is excited to announce the new graduate Certificate in Strategic Writing and Advancement for Nonprofits. Read this overview to learn about everything the SWAN Certificate has to offer.
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