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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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  • May 4, 2026 Chaia Van Der Aa

    Course Spotlight – WRD 526/326: Grant & Proposal Writing 

    Interested in doing hands-on nonprofit work with real deliverables? Good news—WRD 526/326: Grant & Proposal

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  • April 28, 2026 Callie McNorton

    Study Abroad Spotlight – Identities@Guatemala: Human Rights & Activism in the Americas

    Pictured Above: Students at the Museum at Parque Intercultural in Xela. Dr. Saravia’s great aunt

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  • April 28, 2026 Callie McNorton

    Course Spotlight – WRD 266: Leveling Up: The Social Rhetoric of Video Games

    This upcoming Autumn Quarter, Professor Alan Ackmann is teaching WRD 266: Leveling Up: The Social

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November 6, 2020 Alex Treat

Industry Insights Events Recap

MCAE last week hosted a panel where they talked with professionals working in social media. They had much to say on needed tools, experience, and identity in the industry.

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November 4, 2020 Kristin Fleming

Autumn Speaker Series – Dr. Ersula Ore

Join WRD in welcoming Dr. Ore Monday, November 9th from 4:30-6pm via zoom. Register at http://dehub.cglink.me/r9906 .

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October 27, 2020 Alex Treat

Faculty Research – Recent Publications from Erin Workman

In the past year, WRD instructor Erin Workman has published three separate works on writing studies and pedagogy. We interviewed her to gain some insight into these works.

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October 23, 2020 Kristin Fleming

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.

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October 21, 2020 Alex Treat

The Latinx Vote in 2020 – History and Voting Rights Recap

Last week, DePaul hosted the second panel of the Latinx Vote in 2020, focusing on the history of the subject.

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October 20, 2020 Alex Treat

Course 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

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October 8, 2020 Kristin Fleming

MA 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.

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October 7, 2020 Kristen Vosberg

BA Course Spotlight – WRD 309 Writing About Rights & WRD 321 Legal Writing

Attention Undergrads! We have previews for two course this coming quarter, Legal Writing and Writing About Rights, both of which tackle the writing and rhetoric of the legal world.

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October 2, 2020 Alex Treat

Student Resources at DePaul Updates

DePaul University’s services are currently in flux, so we thought to gather together the resources students need to know about.

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September 29, 2020 Kristin Fleming

Welcome to WRD

WRD would like to introduce the new MA students and share a little about them.

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