Laura Gonzales

Laura Gonzales researches the connections between language diversity, community engagement, and technology design. Her award-winning books include Sites of Translation: What Multilinguals Can Teach Us About Digital Writing and Rhetoric (University of Michigan Press, 2018) and Designing Multilingual Experiences in Technical Communication (Utah State University Press, 2022). Dr. Gonzales is also President of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) and editor-in-chief of Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric.

Introduction: Community-Engagement Pedagogies in Practice

PDF version For Reflections readers, the lines between “teaching,” “research,” and “service” have always been fluid. The community-engaged work that some consider “service” is central to the research identity and trajectory of many Reflections readers. In the same way, Reflections readers also understand that  “teaching,” and pedagogy more broadly, takes place in many areas beyond…

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