Alex Jennings
- Graduate Student, PhD Composition
Alex Jennings is a doctoral student and instructor in the University of Pittsburgh’s composition and rhetoric program. She earned her MA in English in 2021 from Youngstown State University where she taught first-year writing.
Alex’s research focuses on the ways queer theory and disability scholarship intersect with writing pedagogy. She is also interested in cultural rhetorics and digital humanities work. Her work has been published in Mise en Scene: The Journal of Film and Visual Narration.
Representative Publications
Forthcoming works
"Chat(GPT)-ing about Writing Process: How Generative AI Allows us to Re-examine Neurodivergent Writing Processes and Disciplinary Objectives" Xchanges, in progress.
"Embodying Academic Experiences as Cultural Rhetorics: A Conversation" constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space (In progress, expected Fall 2024).
Coauthored chapter in "Building the Two-Way Street: A Guide for Two-Year/Four-Year College Writing Program Partnerships" in the "Supporting Students" section (Spring 2025).
I was recently interviewed by Pitt News about my contract grading system https://pittnews.com/article/189723/news/fair-and-objective-pitt-professors-discuss-implementing-contract-grading/