Race and Representation in Popular Culture; Black Feminist Theory; Womanism; Embodied Social Justice; Contemplative Pedagogy

Tiffany Gray is in her final phase of her PhD program, with an anticipated graduation date of May 2027. Her research interests are vast, as she currently researchers and writes about archival research, women's rhetoric, ethical consideration of writing with Artificial Intelligence. Currently, Tiffany is working on completing her dissertation, (Re)Conceptualizing Archival Research through Performances of Repertoire, a topic that accounts for the physical moves and gestures that researchers make in digital archival generation. Beyond research and academics, Tiffany enjoys Pilates and spending time with her family.

Danielle Griffin is an Assistant Professor English at Oxford College of Emory University. She earned her PhD in English from the University of Maryland and then worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Teaching of Writing at the University of Delaware. Her research interests are focused on histories of rhetorical theory and literacy in the early modern period, feminist rhetoric, and labor/working-class studies. She has published in Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric and Technical Communication Quarterly, and she co-edited the collection Feminist Circulations: Rhetorical Explorations Across Space and Time. She teaches a variety of courses related to writing and rhetoric, including courses in the history of rhetorical theory, professional writing, feminist theory, and archival research for undergraduate students.

Dr. Lisa Gring-Pemble, an associate professor at George Mason University, is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of St. Olaf College. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication (Rhetoric) from the University of Maryland.. She is the author of Grim Fairy Tales: The Rhetorical Construction of American Welfare Policy, co-author of Your Daughters Will Prophesy: Religion and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century Woman's Movement, and co-editor of Readings on Political Communication. Her work has appeared in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Political Communication, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Women and Language, and Communication Quarterly, among others. Gring-Pemble is passionate about teaching and is the recipient of the 2005 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award, 2017 OSCAR Mentoring Excellence Award, 2019 George Mason University Alumni Association Faculty of the Year Award, and 2024 John Toups Presidential Medal for Faculty Excellence in Teaching. Gring-Pemble regularly collaborates with faculty and staff at the College of Public Health in a variety of ways, including serving as a lead academic mentor for the Learning Laboratory for Population and Social Health, and serving as a co-principal investigator on several grants focused on community-driven development and public health.

Letizia Guglielmo is Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State University (KSU), where she teaches courses in writing and rhetoric and gender and women’s studies in a variety of course modalities, including online asynchronous environments. Her writing and research explore feminist rhetoric and pedagogy, gender and pop culture, and student and faculty professional development, and her work has appeared in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and edited collections. She is author and co-editor of Immigrant Scholars in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication: Memoirs of a First Generation, author and editor of Misogyny in American Culture: Causes, Trends, Solutions, co-author of Scholarly Publication in a Changing Academic Landscape, author and editor of Contingent Faculty Publishing in Community: Case Studies for Successful Collaborations, and author and editor of MTV and Teen Pregnancy: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. As a certified professional coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) she also has served as a Faculty Success Fellow and Coach with the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at KSU, where she facilitated faculty development workshops and offered one-to-one coaching for faculty on a variety of topics connected to faculty writing and publishing and career progression.

Maggie Hart is a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma. Her main research interests include rhetorics of health and medicine, narrative methodologies, embodied knowledge, and disability studies. 

Amanda Hayes is an associate professor of English at Kent State Tuscarawas. She has written two books, The Politics of Appalachian Rhetoric and The Madison Women: Gender, Higher Education, and Literacy in Nineteenth Century Appalachia.

Janelle M. Higbee is a rhetorician, writer, editor, instructional designer, and researcher of Mormon women's history. She is currently working on a comprehensive biography of Sarah Granger Kimball (1818-1898), a leader in the early Utah suffrage movement and the LDS Church women's organization. Janelle earned a master's degree in English Rhetoric & Composition from Brigham Young University.

Briefly, I am a late-bloomer. I earned my BA in Spanish (including a semester study abroad in Spain) as a non-traditional student, then earned my PhD in Composition-Rhetoric in my late 40s--which is when my journey in feminist rhetorics and feminist-vegan-christian-antiracist intersectionality began. Currently I am teaching composition, upper-division essay, and grammar at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where I have been for 24 years. I am this year wrapping up my role as Composition Coordinator for the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages and returning to teaching a full load of courses. As a late bloomer, I bought my first house 1 year ago, and enjoy gardening. I am owned by a houseful of senior rescue cats. I have come to enjoy the reality that learning and growth are lifelong endeavors.

Noël Ingram is a teacher-scholar specializing in feminist rhetorics, literacy studies, and digital pedagogies. She works at Boston College’s Center for Digital Innovation in Learning, supporting accessible and innovative teaching across modalities. Her research explores how marginalized communities use multimodal composition to resist oppression, with a focus on feminist rhetorics, activist art, and alternative literacy practices.

Tinamarie Ivey (PhD, ABD) is an interdisciplinary theatre scholar, artist, and educator whose work examines gender nonconformity, queer performance, and metamodern aesthetics through practice-as-research. Their scholarship centers on drag king culture, male impersonation, and what they theorize as embodied fabulism—the use of mythic, monstrous, and speculative personas to challenge normative constructions of gender and identity. Ivey is the co-founder of Sanctuary Stage, a socially engaged theatre company producing original, community-collaborative works that address environmental justice, migration, veteran experiences, and queer histories. Their research and creative work have been supported by state and national grants and appear in forthcoming and published volumes with Routledge, Bloomsbury, the University of Delaware Press, and Liber: A Feminist Review. They have taught theatre, film, and performance studies at multiple universities and are will complete her PhD in spring 2026 with a dissertation that combines archival research, ethnographic interviews, a prototype documentary, and live drag performance.