WRD undergrads: Have you ever considered publishing your work in a journal or presenting at a conference? We rounded up a list of journals and conferences that invite submissions from undergraduate students.
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Student Spotlight: Deyana Atanasova
Professional minor Deyana Atanasova recently published her essay on rap, remix, and feminism in the undergraduate journal Creating Knowledge. In this interview, she gives insight into her essay, how she came across her ideas, and what her ambitions were for writing it.
Continue readingCourse Spotlight: WRD 241/515 The Essay
In WRD 241/515 The Essay, students will explore the essay from its origins in alphabetic text to contemporary renditions in film, audio, and interactive media. We spoke with WRD students and course instructor Dr. Pete Vandenberg to learn more!
Continue readingCourse Spotlight: WRD 283 Environmental Writing
The WRD 283 Environmental Writing course, taught by Dr. Deborah Rintels Weiner, provides an opportunity for students to explore environmental issues, read and write persuasive arguments, and learn about the power of rhetoric in this relevant contemporary issue.
Continue readingStudent Work Spotlight: Weronika Koleda’s “Between Two Mirrors”
WRD major Weronika Koleda shared her art and writing in a piece titled Between Two Mirrors at the KINETIC art gallery this quarter. We were lucky to catch up with Weronika following the gallery to learn more about her art and her experience with language.
Continue readingStudent Work Spotlight: Writing in Workplace Contexts
As the Autumn Quarter comes to a close, students in WRD 301: Writing in Workplace Contexts shared their findings from observations and interviews of various workplace contexts.
Continue readingCapstone Class Starts Conversations About Chicago
As a part of their final capstone project, the seniors of Jason Kalin’s WRD 390 course (Rhetoric and Public Writing) created their own pop-up museum. This museum featured the work of eight seniors who transformed their public writing research into “multimodal works [that] tell stories about Chicago.”
Continue readingWRD Student Spotlight: Nicole Mattea
Nicole Mattea is a DePaul junior double-majoring in Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse and Political Science and minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. In WQ ’19, Nicole is completing WRD 398, Internship, with Professor Vandenberg, interning in the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin.
Continue readingWRD Alumni Spotlight: Cynthia Medrano
Cynthia Medrano is a 2015 alumnus of the major in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse. She is currently an Associate Technical Writer at Relativity and will pursue her Master’s in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana this fall.
Continue readingWRD Internship Scholarship Winners
DePaul University’s Community and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarships program offers a wonderful opportunity for WRD undergraduate and graduate students to receive funding for interning with a non-profit or non-governmental organization.
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