Located in a majority Hispanic, Research 1 university on the U.S.-Mexico border, our program regularly engages with the political, cultural, linguistic, and economic richness and complexity of the borderlands. The PhD program in Rhetoric and Composition at UTEP focuses largely on place-based cultural and digital rhetorics and community-based work.
This collection showcases works by the PhD students in the Rhetoric and Composition program, including published articles, conference presentations, and more.
Manuscripts from 2026
Alleviating Multilingual Learners’ Writing Anxiety Through the Creative Nonfiction Literacy Narrative and AI Use, Thomas Maldonado
Manuscripts from 2005
Seeking a Rhetoric of the Rhetoric of Dis/abilities, Scott Lunsford
Confronting Race in the Composition Classroom, Kay A. Mooy
The Rhetorical Context of a GED Preparatory Program, Kay A. Mooy