Adrianna Deptula
Lecturer
About
Adrianna Deptula (she/her) received her PhD in Rhetoric and Composition with specializations in Technical and Medical Communication from Purdue University. She is a proud first-generation college graduate, holding a BA in English and Spanish and an MA in Rhetoric and Composition from John Carroll University. Her research interests include Technical and Professional Communication (TPC), medical rhetorics, healthcare communication, and the role of artificial intelligence in these fields.
Deptula has taught college writing for the past seven years and values learning alongside her students. She teaches Academic Inquiry Seminars for the Writing Program and is currently teaching “AIQS 100: Public Health in the City.” She has also taught college composition, business and professional writing, and healthcare writing across various institutions.
Deptula’s work has appeared in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, with forthcoming work in the Journal of Written Communication and Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture. Her doctoral dissertation investigated how chronic pain and the body are represented in clinical documentation practices. To learn more about Deptula’s teaching and research, visit adriannadeptula.com.