Julie Bokser

Research Interests

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

Courses Recently Taught

• Composition and Rhetoric I and II
• Style for Writers​
• Composition and Style
• Rhetorical Traditions
• Chicago Women Rhetors
• 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

Awards & Honors

• University Research Council Paid Leave. “Sarah Hallowell’s Expatriate Business Acumen” Fall 2018
• Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship, OpEd Project, DePaul Cohort III, 2016
• St. Louise De Marillac Woman of Spirit & Action Award. DePaul Women’s Network. October 2015
• Convocation Keynote Speaker, DePaul University Honors College. June 2015
• Dammrich Faculty Innovation Award. Inaugural awardee for WRD Capstone, DePaul LAS, 2014-2015
• University Research Council Paid Leave. DePaul University. Winter-Spring 2005