Dr. Chen Chen
Assistant Professor of English, Utah State University
Dr. Chen Chen (she/her/hers) is an incoming assistant professor of English in technical communication and rhetoric at Utah State University. After completing her Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, & Digital Media at North Carolina State University, she taught first-year writing and professional and technical writing courses at Winthrop University where she also coordinated internships. She’s a scholar and teacher of professional and technical communication, digital rhetoric and writing. Her research interests include crisis communication practices by grassroots efforts, and digital feminist rhetorics in China and global Chinese diasporic communities. Currently, she’s been studying the design of Chinese online gender hate campaigns enabled by nationalist surveillance and control.
Dr. Gavin P. Johnson
Director of Writing & Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Dr. Gavin P. Johnson (he/him/his) specializes in multimodal writing, queer rhetorics, and critical digital pedagogy. He currently works as an assistant professor at Texas Christian University (TCU). His research and service receive national recognition, including the 2021 NCTE/CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Dissertation Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship, an Honorable Mention for the 2020 Computers and Composition Hugh Burns Best Dissertation Award, the 2016 NCTE/CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, and the 2018 Kairos Service Award. His research is published or forthcoming in Rhetoric Society Quarterly (RSQ), Computers and Composition, College English, Technical Communication, Communication Design Quarterly (CDQ), Literacy in Composition Studies, Composition Studies, Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal, Peitho, and Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory, and various edited collections. He is a proud first-generation college graduate from southeast Louisiana. Learn more at gavinpjohnson.com.
Dr. Noah P. Wason
Instructor of English, SUNY Cortland
Dr. Noah Wason is an Instructor of English at SUNY Cortland. His research focuses on the intersections between rhetorical theory, technology, and writing pedagogies, notably the connections between ethos, surveillance, and algorithmic technologies. Noah’s work has appeared in Rhetoric Review, Technical Communication Quarterly, the Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, and the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. He received his Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric from Syracuse University.
Dr. Charles Woods
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Dr. Charles Woods is Director of Writing and an Assistant Professor of English at East Texas A&M University where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Literature and Languages. Charles specializes in digital rhetorics, privacy and surveillance, and writing pedagogy and his scholarship has been published in Computers and Composition, Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, Peitho, and various edited collections. Charles is co-editor of The Annual Proceedings of the Computers and Writing Conference and an assistant editor for Kairos: a Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. He has been awarded the 2020 Kairos Service Award for Graduate Students, the 2022 and 2024 Kairos John Lovas Award, and the 2022 and 2024 Computers & Composition Michelle Kendrick Award. He is the creator and host of The Big Rhetorical Podcast. Charles received his PhD in English from Illinois State University in 2021 and is a proud first-generation college graduate from rural Alabama.
Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective 