CULTRA Lab

Cultural and Technical Rhetorics Analysis

Avery Edenfield at a computer doing field work

What We Do

The CULTRA Lab explores the intersections of technical and cultural rhetorics in public contexts. Through quantitative and qualitative methods, our goal is to produce impactful research and engage communities to drive meaningful change. Fundamentally, the lab’s work in technical and cultural rhetorics is directed toward generating public, democratic goods for the commons. 

Impact

The CUTLRA Lab is excited to announce a media mention in The Verge about the PI of the lab, Dr. Edenfield's article titled, "Doing it for themselves," addressing how resources on transitioning survive the era of surveillance and AI slop.
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Past News

Principal Investigator

Avery Edenfield

Avery Edenfield

Associate Professor

Communication & Media

Projects

Queer Ethics and Being
This project's subject matter is the rhetoric and ethics of transgender medical literacies, particularly in online spaces.
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Erased By Design: Technical Documents and Historical Oppression
This new project rests at the intersection of technical, cultural, and public rhetorics, examining the impacts of a nuclear weapons plant on a small, primarily Black tenant farmed land.
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Sex Worker Risk Communication Project
This new project rests at the intersections of feminist theory, tactical technical communication, and digital rhetorics to examine the unique work-arounds sex workers from various positionalities engage in for economic survival, safety and dignity.
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