Hi, my name is Adrianna Deptula. I am a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric & Composition at Purdue University, set to graduate this May. 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 Spanish, Hispanic Studies. My primary 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. One of my chapters, “One size does not fit all: How clinical pain assessment scales and tools mask crip narratives of chronicity” is forthcoming at the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

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 co-written 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 business writing, healthcare writing, composition, and basic writing. My experiences as a writer instructor have taken me from a small liberal arts college, a diverse urban community college, and a research-intensive STEM institution.