- Ph.D. Program
- Email: gwendolyn2015@tamu.edu
- Office: LAAH 331
- Document: CV
Biography
Gwendolyn’s research develops a framework for examining the (il)legibility of nonhuman forms of expression within human symbolic systems. Integrating rhetoric, ecocriticism, and environmental humanities, she seeks inclusive rhetorical practices attuned to the more-than-human world. Researching modes of recognizing nonhuman agencies shaping shared rhetorical ecologies, her work revitalizes an ecosemiotic perspective to rhetoric and environmental studies. Ultimately, she seeks tools for analyzing complex environmental exigencies and expansive, convivial human-nonhuman relationships based on ethical cohabitation and reciprocal modes of communication.
Research Interests
- Composition, Rhetoric & Discourse Studies
- Semiotics
- Animal Studies
- Critical Animal Media Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Pedagogy
- Digital Humanities
Educational Background
- M.S., Science & Technology Journalism, Texas A&M University, 2020
- B.A., English, Sam Houston State University, 1995
- B.A., French, Sam Houston State University, 1995
Industry Experience
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- 2024 Popular Culture Outstanding Essay Award
- Graduate Assistant Instructor, Composition & Rhetoric
- OGAPS Research & Presentation Travel Award, 2023
- Graduate Merit Award, 2022
- Graduate Mentoring Academy Fellow—Facilitator in training
- Digital Humanities Certificate
- G.R.A.D Aggies Professional Development Advanced Certificate
- College Reading & Learning Association Certificate
- Three-Minute Thesis Competition--Finalist, 2019, 2018
Selected Publications
- DiCaglio, Joshua…Inocencio, Gwendolyn, Cortez, Jessie. “Wikipedia as Editorial Microcosm: Wikipedia Articles and the Teaching of Applied Comprehensive Editing,” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, Fall 2022.
- “Workshopping a Social Justice Pedagogy: A Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students,” Open Words, December 2022