Hi, my name is Adrianna Deptula and I am a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric & Composition at Purdue University. In 2020, I received a Master of Arts in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition from John Carroll University. I also hold a BA in English and Hispanic Studies. My general research interests include Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (RHM), Technical & Professional Communication (TPC), and artificial intelligence.

My current dissertation study investigates patient documentation practices across U.S pain and spine clinics. This project investigates how clinical pain assessment scales and patient intake forms shape current perceptions of chronic pain, chronicity, and disability. I am also involved in an adjacent year-long empirical study on artificial intelligence and rural health care communication, funded by the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development and Purdue's John Martinson Honors College "Research Breakthrough Award." My most recent publication, Deptula et al., 2024 "Rhetorics of Authenticity: Ethics, Ethos, and Artificial Intelligence" was recently published in the journal of Business of Technical and Professional Communication.

Outside of my research, I have taught basic writing, college composition, business writing, and healthcare writing. My experiences as a writer instructor have taken me from a small liberal arts college, diverse urban community college, and research intensive STEM institution.