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Jamal-Jared Alexander

Jamal-Jared Alexander

March 9, 2023

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ADDRESS
511A McClung Tower
Email
jalexa71@utk.edu

Jamal-Jared Alexander

Assistant Professor

Technical and Professional Communication, Visual Communication Design, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, Programmatic Implementation, Inclusive Excellence, Community Engagement, Black Feminist Theory

Jamal-Jared Alexander is a dedicated social justice researcher and scholar-activist specializing in qualitative methodologies. His research focuses on establishing dedicated spaces and equitable opportunities for marginalized communities within academic and industry settings. Additionally, he examines inclusive excellence within recruitment, retention, and medical rhetorics. Honored with two international awards and a national grant for his co-authored scholarship, he has cultivated numerous partnerships with community organizations where he fosters collaborative research opportunities.

Education

  • Ph.D., Utah State University
  • M.A., East Carolina University
  • B.A., Albany State University

Specialties

Technical and Professional Communication, Visual Communication Design, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, Programmatic Implementation, Inclusive Excellence, Community Engagement, Black Feminist Theory

Honors

International

  • (2023—2024) Early Career Research Award, National Youth Sports Conference, “An Examination of Black Adolescent Boys’ Experiences in Sport: Employing Frameworks to Youth Sport.” (w/Amand L. Hardiman)
  • (2022—2023) Article of the Year Award from the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Technical Communication Quarterly article, “Health and Wellness as Resistance: Tactical Folk Medicine.” (w/Avery C. Edenfield)

National

  • (2023) Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication National Research Grant for Antiracist Programs and Pedagogies. (w/Rebecca Walton)
  • (2020—2021) Association of Teachers of Technical Writing National Amplification Award
  • (2016—2017) Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Diversity National Award

Publications

  • Alexander, J-J., Anabire, D. A., & Walton, R. (2025). PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO NORMALIZE INCLUSIVE DESIGN. Designing for Social Justice: Community-Engaged Approaches in Technical and Professional Communication, 160.
  • Anabire, D. A., Alexander, J- J., & Walton, R. (2024). Approaching AI through a Social Justice Lens: Considerations for Graduate Program Applications. In Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (pp. 166-172).
  • Alexander, J-J. & Edenfield, A. C. (2024). Erased by Design: An Antenarrative of Ellenton and the Savannah River Plant. Technical Communication, 71(1), 7-19. doi:10.55177/tc906558
  • Alexander, J-J. (2023). Centering the Marginalized: Creating a Coalition to Enhance Retention Initiatives in the Workplace. Technical Communication, 70(3), 28-41. doi:10.55177/tc919936
  • Alexander, J-J., Stevens, H., & Walton, R. (2022). Diversifying Knowledge: Presenting and Applying a Framework for Inclusive Graduate Program Websites. In Proceedings of the 40th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, SIGDOC 2022 (pp. 3-8). doi:10.1145/3513130.3558971
  • Moeggenberg, Z., Stevens, H., Walton, R., & Alexander, J-J. (2022). Inclusive Editing: Actionable Recommendations for Editors and Instructors. In IEEE International Professional Communication Conference Proceedings (ProComm) (pp. 267-276). IEEE. Retrieved from https://www.ieee.org/
  • Alexander, J-J. & Walton, R. (2022). Relational Recruiting: Using Black Feminist Theory to Inform Graduate Recruiting Strategies. IEEE Transactions On Professional Communication, 65(1), 164-178. doi:10.1109/TPC.2021.3137571
  • Alexander, J-J. & Edenfield, A. C. (2021). Health and Wellness as Resistance: Tactical Folk Medicine. Technical Communication Quarterly, 30(3), 241-256. doi:10.1080/10572252.2021.1930181

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