News from DePaul University's Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
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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English writing teachers returning to higher education to receive their master’s degree are a common student in MAWRD program, two of which are current students Brady Gunnink and Caroline Gonzalez.
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Sixteen DePaul students, administrators, and staff, including three MA in WRD students, recently took their research to an international stage by presenting at the International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing (IWCA/NCPTW) Joint Conference. Learn more about their presentations here!
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The WRD Department hosted Dr. Frankie Condon for its Autumn Quarter Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders Speaker Series. Dr. Condon, an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, led a workshop and a talk on anti-racism and racial imaginaries.
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WRD 540 Teaching Writing is a graduate course under the Teaching Writing & Language concentration. Taught by Dr. Erin Workman, this course introduces students to current pedagogy of teaching writing. Students are expected to walk away with both a theoretical and practical understanding, knowing what is involved in managing a writing course underlined by a personal teaching. philosophy.
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For the last four years, WRD Assistant Professor Jason Schneider has been conducting a longitudinal study that follows a cohort of international students through their journeys and academic careers at DePaul University.
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