Avery Edenfield
(he/him/his)
Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research
Associate Professor; Intersections Director
Contact Information
Office Location: Logan (RWST 204C)Phone: +1 435 797 5791
Email: avery.edenfield@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Expertise
Gender; sexuality; technology; social justice; cooperatives and collectives
Biography
I am an associate professor of rhetoric and technical communication in the Department of English 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.
Select Publications
Alexander, J-J., & Edenfield, A. C. (2021). Health and wellness as resistance: Tactical folk medicine. Technical Communication Quarterly, 30(3), 241-256, https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2021.1930181
Edenfield, A. C. (2019). Queering consent: Design and sexual consent messaging. Communication Design Quarterly, 7(2), 50-63, https://doi.org/10.1145/3358931.3358938
Edenfield, A. C., Holmes, S., & Colton, J. S. (2019). Queering tactical technical communication: DIY HRT. Technical Communication Quarterly, 28(3), 177-191, https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2019.1607906