Avery Edenfield

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I am an associate professor of rhetoric and technical communication in the Department of Communication & Media at Utah State University. My research agenda works at the intersections of technical, cultural, and public rhetorics with attention to the technical writing strategies marginalized communities employ for self-advocacy, particularly in extra-institutional contexts. My work has appeared in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Technical Communication, Nonprofit Quarterly, Technical Communication Quarterly, and Communication Design Quarterly. In the spring of 2022, I was appointed as the Inaugural Director for the Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research. Through my work in technical communication and gender studies, I have mentored students on research projects around queer theory, feminist theory, community rhetorics, and similar adjacent topics.