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  • November 9, 2026 Maren Case

    Being a WRD Major: Views from Dara Drury and Barbara Riendeau

    As a new graduate student in the WRD department, the most exciting thing I’ve learned

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  • November 4, 2026 Maren Case

    Course Spotlight – WRD 327/532 Content Strategy

    Are you curious about what collaboration with nonprofits looks like? Or how to generate written

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  • October 26, 2026 Chaia Van Der Aa

    Course Spotlight – WRD 511 Composing Chicago: Rhetorics of Space and Place

    The rhetoric of place allows us to explore how the physical environment itself makes arguments.

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  • June 8, 2026 Chaia Van Der Aa

    Event Recap – 2026 MAWRD Exit Presentations 

    On Thursday, May 28th, five graduating students from the Master’s in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse

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  • June 5, 2026 Callie McNorton

    Spring Speaker Series Recap: Dr. Ana Milena Ribero

    In April, The WRD Department welcomed Dr. Ana Milena Ribero for our Speaker Series: Writing

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  • May 27, 2026 Chaia Van Der Aa

    Reflections on the MA in WRD from Dylan Cabrera, winner of the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Award

    Each program in DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences gives an annual Outstanding

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  • May 20, 2026 Callie McNorton

    Course Spotlight – WRD 321: Writing in the Legal Profession

    The genre of legal writing is an intimidating one. You see it in pop culture

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  • May 19, 2026 Chaia Van Der Aa

    Course Spotlight – WRD 360/LSP 275 Rhetoric of the Red Summer: Chicago Race Riot of 1919 

    Chicago is a city with a rich and complicated history, and this history still impacts us today.

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September 23, 2021 Kristin Fleming

MAWRD Pathways & Career Outcomes: PDW Concentration

WRD has no limits to where it can take your writing career; take a look at some of the options and what classes to take to get there.

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June 10, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Department Internship: Olivia Griffin

Olivia Griffin has been up to an internship this quarter working with web content. Read about her
experience with our interview with her!

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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.

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June 4, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Writing for your Portfolio: Kairos as 9 Points of Articulation

Here are some further reflection tactics to consider for the Final and Mid-program portfolio.

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June 2, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Graduating Seniors of 2020-21

Hear about some of this year’s graduating students from both the undergraduate and graduate programs!

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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.

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May 20, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Your Portfolio & The S.T.A.R Method

Working on your portfolio and wondering how to structure your reflection? Here’s the the S.T.A.R. method to help you on your way.

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May 11, 2021 Alex Treat

Student Spotlight: Isabel Cueto Publishes in Creating Knowledge

We interviewed Isabel Cueto recently about her publication In DePaul’s undergraduate journal Creating Knowledge.

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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.

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May 6, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Alumni Spotlight: Meg Palmer

Hear what alumna Meg Palmer has to say about life, work, and WRD.

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