Hi, I’m Adrianna Deptula. I received my PhD in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University with specialties in Technical and Professional Communication (TPC) and medical rhetorics. I earned my MA in English, with a focus on Rhetoric and Composition, and I hold a BA in English and Spanish. I am currently a full-time lecturer within the Writing Program at Case Western Reserve University.

My research investigates how digital technologies and technical documentation shape knowledge production, ethical decision-making, and everyday practice in professional and clinical settings. My work can be found in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Rhetoric Review, and Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture. My dissertation recently won the national Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).

Alongside my research, I regularly teach composition, healthcare writing, and technical communication courses. My experiences as a writing instructor have taken me from a small liberal arts college, a diverse urban community college, and two research-intensive STEM institutions.