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Budor Al-Zahrani, PhD Student

 

Previous Schools

  • MA, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), King Abdulaziz University
  • BA, English, King Abdulaziz University

Areas of Scholarship

  • Educational Policy and Applied Linguistics, with research interests in the areas of:
    • Language Use
    • L2 Acquisition
    • Language, Learning, and Teaching

Tiffany Barney, PhD Student

Previous Schools

  • MA, Theoretical Linguistics, University of Utah
  • BA, English Major and Linguistics Minor, University of Utah
  • AS, General Studies, Salt Lake Community College

Areas of Scholarship

  • Writing Assessment & Placement
  • Digital Pedagogy & GenAI
  • Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods

Jessica Begay, MA Student

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Previous Schools

  • BA, Writing and Rhetoric Studies, University of Utah

Areas of Scholarship

  • Indigenous Rhetorics
  • Decolonial Rhetorics
  • American Indian Rhetorics

Luz Carreno, 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

  • Mexican American Rhetoric
  • Decolonial Rhetoric
  • Latina Feminist Rhetoric
  • Violence Against Women & Feminicides in Latin America

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

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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

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

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

Lisa Harris, PhD Student

Lisa Harris

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Previous Schools

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

Areas of Scholarship

Muath Qadous, PhD Student

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Previous Previous Schools

  • MA, English, Western Carolina University
  • BA, English, An-Najah National University

Areas of Scholarship

  • Place-based Rhetoric
  • Decolonial Rhetoric
  • Comparative Rhetoric

Rachael Rasmussen, MA Student

Previous Schools

  • BA, English, Technical Communication & Rhetoric
  • BA, Spanish, Utah State University

Areas of Scholarship

  • Rhetoric of Technology
  • Spatial Rhetoric
  • Environmental Rhetorics
  • Comparative Rhetoric

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

Olivia Young, MA Student

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Previous Schools

  • Linguistics with minor in Writing and Rhetoric, University of Utah
  • AS, Salt Lake Community College 

Areas of Scholarship

  • Discourse Analysis 
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Blame Rhetorics
Last Updated: 12/13/24