Our Students

Jem Ashton, MA Student

Previous Schools

• BS, Writing & Rhetoric Studies, University of Utah
• Certificate of Book Arts, University of Utah

Areas of Scholarship

• Writing Pedagogy
• Material Rhetoric
• Queer Rhetoric

Jessica Begay, MA Student

Previous Schools

• BA, Writing and Rhetoric Studies, University of Utah

Areas of Scholarship

• Indigenous Rhetorics
• Decolonial Rhetorics
• American Indian Rhetorics

Luz M. Carreño, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• BA, Sociology, Utah State University
• MA, Public Policy & Social Research with specialization in Peace Studies, International Christian University

Areas of Scholarship

• Decolonial Rhetoric
• Rhetorical Space

Mitzi Ceballos, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, English, Washington State University
• BA, English, Boise State University

Areas of Scholarship

• Decolonial/Postcolonial studies 
• Archival studies 
• (Im)Migration Rhetorics 

Aubrey Fochs, PhD Student

Previous School

• MSE, Higher Education Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 
• BA, English Professional Writing & Publishing, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 
• BA, Religious & Literary Studies, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 

Areas of Scholarship

• Ethos
• Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
• Narratives of Sexual Violence

John Gordon, PhD Student

Previous School

• MS, Information Systems & Business Analytics, University of Utah
• BA, English, University of Utah
• BS, Computer Science, Weber State University

Areas of Scholarship

• Code Studies
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Data Analytics & Visualization

Jennifer Greenlee, PhD Student

Previous School

• MA, English, Weber State University
• BA, English, Weber State University
• BA, Communication, Weber State University

Areas of Scholarship

• Rhetoric of Disability and Neurodiversity
• Rhetoric of Medicine
• Legal Rhetoric

Yuan (Stella) Gu, MA Student

Previous School

• M.Ed, English Language Teaching, Yunnan Normal University
• B.B.A., Human Resource Management, Hunan, University of Technology

Areas of Scholarship

• Second Language Writing
• Digital and Multilingual Writing
• Writer Identity and Agency

Lisa Harris, PhD Student

Previous School

• MA, American Literature, Brigham Young University
• BA, English, Brigham Young University 

Areas of Scholarship

• Feminist Rhetoric
• Rhetoric in the Disciplines
• Writing Program Administration

Jessica Holiday, PhD Student

Previous School

• MFA, Creative Writing,  American Indian Arts
• BS, Family and Human Development, Arizona State University

Areas of Scholarship

• Decolonial Rhetoric
• Indigenous Rhetoric
• Feminist Rhetoric

Bekki Hood, PhD Student

Previous School

• BA, English, Arizona State University
• MA, English, Brigham Young University
• MCOUN, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Idaho State University 

Areas of Scholarship

• Rhetorics of Motherhood
• Feminist Rhetorics
• Mental Health Rhetoric Research (MHRR)

Shamsul Islam, PhD Student

Previous School

• MA, English, Universtiy of North Dakota
• MA, English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
• BA Honors, English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Areas of Scholarship

• Writing Program Administration
• Multilingual Writing and Translingualism
• Digital Rhetorics, AI-Supported Writing, and Multimodality
• Scientific and Technical Communication

Zachary Jones, MA Student

Previous School

• BA, English, Brigham Young University - Idaho

Areas of Scholarship

• Rhetoric of Misinformation/Disinformation
• Digital Rhetoric
• Digital Literacy

Keolanani Kinghorn, PhD Student

Previous School

• MA, English Literature and Rhetoric, Weber State University
• BA English, Brigham Young University, Hawaii
• BA, Music, Brigham Young University, Hawaii

Areas of Scholarship

• Decolonial Rhetoric

Alice Lopez-Haute, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, English, University of Utah
• BA, English, University of Utah

Areas of Scholarship

• Digital Rhetorics

Rachel Lott,  PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, Early British Literature, Brigham Young University 
• BA, English, Brigham Young University 

Areas of Scholarship

• Literacy and Identity 
• Higher Education for Incarcerated Populations 
• Digital Literacy/Digital Divide 

Joseph Mayaki, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, English Literature, University of Ibadan
• BA English Arts, University of Ibadan

Areas of Scholarship

• Digital Health Platforms
• Rhetoric of Health 
• Medicine Medical Humanities

Keith McDonald, MA Student

Previous Schools

• MA, English Literature, University of Ibadan
• BA English Arts, University of Ibadan

Areas of Scholarship

• Digital Health Platforms
• Rhetoric of Health 
• Medicine Medical Humanities

Muath Qadous, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• BA, Mass Communication, University of Utah
• AA, General Studies, SLCC

Areas of Scholarship

Kobe Rathsavong, MA Student

Previous Schools

• BA, History, University of Utah
• BA, Writing & Rhetoric Studies, University of Utah
• AA, History, Salt Lake Community College
• AA, General Studies, Salt Lake Community College

Areas of Scholarship

• Decolonial Rhetoric
• Refugee Rhetoric

Mat Sillito, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, English, University of Utah
• BA, English, Utah Valley University

Areas of Scholarship

• Drug Rhetorics
• Epideictic Rhetorics
• Care-based Pedagogies

Mohi Uddin, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA English (Cultural Studies), University of Arkansas
• MA, English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
• BA, English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Areas of Scholarship

• Digital Rhetoric
• Cultural Rhetoric
• Writing Pedagogy

Yang (Lotus) Yu, PhD Student

Previous Schools

• MA, International Journalism Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University
• BA, Broadcast Journalism, University of China

Areas of Scholarship

• Feminist Rhetoric

Fanzhuojun (Zarek) Zeng, MS Student

Previous Schools

• BA, Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences)

Areas of Scholarship

• L2 Writing in Chinese and English
• Language Testing and Assessment (with a Focus on Writing Tasks)