News from DePaul University's Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
For the Winter Quarter’s Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series, the WRD department has invited Dr. Kristen Bivins to speak on Wednesday, January 22.
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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.
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As the Autumn Quarter ends, students enrolled in WRD 320/WRD 524: Document Design share their final projects.
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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.
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Do your winter break plans include catching up on some reading and writing? We put together a list of some of the best places to read and write in Chicago during winter break.
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Wonder what our WRD faculty members have been up to in the last five months? It turns out a lot! Catch up on some of the latest faculty research updates below.
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As the Autumn Quarter comes to an end, so does the Teaching Apprenticeship Program (TAP). We caught up with some of the current TAP students to ask what TAP has meant to them and what they have learned about teaching.
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Looking for job opportunities in and around Chicago in teaching writing? Students in the MA in WRD program might be interested in the current, local listings below. For professional writing listings, check out this post!
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Looking for job opportunities in and around Chicago in professional writing? Students and alumni of the MA in WRD program might be interested in the current, local listings below. Stay tuned tomorrow for more job listings for teaching writing!
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WRD alumna Natalie Schawel graduated in June 2018 with an MA in WRD with a concentration in teaching and a certification in TESOL. We recently spoke to Natalie to learn more about her transition from teaching high school English to her current position as a Web Content Specialist for Care Content, and how her experiences in the WRD program helped to guide her career path.
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