Education

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

Bio

Gwendolyn studies in the field of rhetoric & composition and focuses on multi-disciplinary artifacts by environmental scholar-activists who advocate for radical praxis. She uses a rhetorical genre studies approach to understand how these rhetors achieve their goals within the complex rhetorical situation of climate catastrophes, an important step for how publics are constituted. Additionally, she engages with critical animal media studies to reinforce the valuable perspective of rhetoric as “more than human” in media, in the classroom, and in the material lives of nonhumans and humans. 

Research Interests

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

Accomplishments

• 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