WRD Blog

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 11, 2021 Kristin Fleming

MAWRD Student Spotlight – Walt Stallings

Learn about student Walt Stalling’s time and challenges as a (virtual) long-term substitute teacher.

February 9, 2021 Kristin Fleming

What Employers Look for in You

Relating to Technical Writing and Teaching, we talked to employers hiring for these kinds of jobs on what they look for in candidates.

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.

February 2, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Course Spotlight: WRD 286 Writing with Photographs

Learn about WRD 286 Writing with Photographs, a course being offered in Spring Quarter 2021.

January 28, 2021 Alex Treat

Course Spotlight – WRD 364 Chicago Women Rhetors

WRD 364 Chicago Woemen Rhetors has returned to give undergraduates the chance of learning about a piece of the Windy City’s rhetorical history

January 27, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Course Spotlight on WRD 511 – Rhetorics of Displacement

Rhetorics of Displacement is taught this Spring Quarter 2021 by Dr. Monica Reyes, exploring the subjects of immigrant asylum narratives.

January 21, 2021 Alex Treat

Student Work Spotlight – Writing Across Media

Back in Autumn, students in WRD 533 Writing Across Media were composing videos, audiobytes, and othe multimedia projects. See what they created!

January 19, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Winter Quarter 2021 – Welcome New WRD Students

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.

Benefits of the WRD Combined Degree Program

Course Recap — WRD 508: Discourse & Style

Alumni Spotlight – Grace Von Lehman

Course Spotlight – WRD 282: Ethics of Public and Professional Writing

Course Spotlight – WRD 377 Writing and Social Engagement: Women of Graceland

Course Spotlight — WRD 264: Language, Self, and Society

Alumni Spotlight – Madeline Crozier

Course Recap – WRD 532: Content Strategy

Student Spotlight – Tabitha Jou Yi