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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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April 30, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Speaker Series Preview: Dr. Dylan Dryer

Join us for this quarter’s Speaker Series with Dr. Dylan Dryer as he talks about violent police language and what we can do to disarm it.

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April 29, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Course Spotlight: WRD 265 Social Movement, Social Media, and American Identities

Here is a preview of the revamped undergrad class, WRD 265 Social Movement, Social Media, and American Identities.

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April 27, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Course Spotlight: WRD 544 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language

Coming AQ2021, Dr. Jason Schneider will be teaching WRD 544 for TESOL students. We asked him questions about what to expect.

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April 15, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Course Recap: WRD 506 Multicultural Rhetoric

Take a look back to WRD 506 from Winter Quarter and see examples of projects worked on by students.

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April 13, 2021 Alex Treat

Course Recap: WRD 532 Content Strategy

Last quarter, Dr. Lisa Dush taught WRD 532 Content Strategy as a part of the SWAN certificate. Read about what students had to say about the course, both inside and outside the department.

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March 15, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

Spring Quarter Professional Development Opportunities for Undergrads

We’ve gathered some professional development opportunities for undergraduates, including conferences, student research, and publication.

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March 10, 2021 Kristin Fleming

Mid-Program Portfolio Tips & Reminders

Read about one GAs experience prepping their portfolio to use as a guide!

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March 5, 2021 Alex Treat

Book Review: Rhetorical Style by Jeanne Fahnestock

Are you looking for a book to immerse you in the rhetorical canon of Style? Jeanne Fahnestock may be a perfect match for you.

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March 3, 2021 Kristen Vosberg

The Unfolding Rhetoric of COVID News – Hydroxychloroquine and Vaccinations

From hydroxychloroquine to vaccinations, here is a rhetorical look into news journalism and its reporting on treatment for COVID-19.

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February 24, 2021 depaulwrd

A Chat About Two Writing Centers

Three graduate student got together to talk about their times working in their undergraduate writing centers.

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