Education

M.S., Texas A&M University, 2020
B.A., Sam Houston State University, 1995

Bio

Gwendolyn’s research develops a framework for examining the (il)legibility of nonhuman forms of expression within human communicative systems. Integrating rhetoric, ecocriticism, and environmental humanities, she advocates for more inclusive rhetorical practices attuned to the needs of the more-than-human world. Providing a method to recognize nonhuman agencies shaping shared rhetorical ecologies, her work revitalizes a biosemiotic perspective to rhetoric and environmental studies. Ultimately, she seeks tools for analyzing complex environmental exigencies and fostering more expansive, convivial human-nonhuman relationships based on ethical cohabitation and reciprocal modes of communication.

Research Interests

• Composition, Rhetoric & Discourse Studies
• Rhetorical Genre Studies
• Animal Studies
• Critical Animal Media Studies
• Ecocriticism
• Pedagogy
• Digital Humanities

Accomplishments

• 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

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