Julie Bokser

Research Interests

Feminist rhetorics; history of rhetoric; public memory; writing pedagogy; digital portfolios; writing center pedagogy​

Courses Recently Taught

• WRD 103 & 104: Composition and Rhetoric I and II
• WRD 203: Style for Writers​
• WRD 300: Composition and Style 
• WRD 306: Rhetorical Traditions
• WRD 361: Chicago Women Rhetors
• WRD 500: Proseminar

Selected Scholarsh​ip

• ​“Grace Trout" and “Louise DeKoven Bowen." Wikipedia
• “Inventing the Lady Manager: Rhetorically Constructing the “Working-Woman." Peitho. Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, 21.1 (2018): 1–23
• “Teaching and Inventing Public Memory: Chicago Women Rhetors." Pedagogies of Public Memory: Teaching Writing and Rhetoric at Museums, Archives, and Memorials. Ed. Jane Greer and Laurie Grobman.  NY: Routledge, 2016.  147-159
• “Reading and Writing Sor Juana's Arch: Rhetorics of Belonging, Criollo Identity, and Feminist Histories." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 42.2 (2012): 144-163
• “Sor Juana's Rhetoric of Silence." Rhetoric Review 25.1 (2006): 5-21

Select Professional Activity

• Fulbright Campus Committee
• Wiki Scholar, National Archives and Records Administration/Wiki Education, Summer 2019
• Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship, DePaul OpEd Project, 2016
• Inter/National Coalition on E-Portfolio Research Cohort VII, 2012-2015
• Dammrich Faculty Innovation Award, 2014-15
• Director, DePaul First-Year Writing Program, 2012-2018
• ​Director, DePaul Writing Centers, 2001-2004​

Committees

• Combined BA/BS to MA in Secondary Education TEACH Program Coordinating Committee
• Committee on Contingent Faculty