Season 4 Premiere: Dr. Gavin P. Johnson (Emerging Scholar Series)

In the Season 4 Premiere of The Big Rhetorical Podcast, Charles Woods talks with Dr. Gavin P. Johnson. Dr. Gavin P. Johnson (he/his) is a teacher-scholar specializing in multimodal composition, queer rhetorics, writing assessment, and digital activism. He currently works as an assistant professor at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, where he teaches courses in cultural rhetorics, professional communications, and writing. He completed his PhD at The Ohio State University (2020) where he served as co-associate director of the international Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC). He earned his MA from North Carolina State University (2015) and BA from Nicholls State University (2013). His research and service receive national recognition, including the Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award from CCCC in 2017 and the Kairos Service Award in 2019 as part of the nextGEN listserv start-up team. His research is published or forthcoming in College Literacy and Learning, Composition Studies, Computers and Composition, Constellations, Peitho, Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory, Teacher-Scholar-Activist, and various edited collections. Dr. Johnson is a proud first-generation college graduate from southeast Louisiana.