Dr. Escanuela researches rhetorics of the laboring body, Chicanx cultural forms, public rhetoric, and digital culture. He is particularly interested in how the racialized laboring body accrues and relays meaning in public life. Currently, he is developing a framework for understanding the relationship between terrorized bodies and national identity. He is also committed to broadening pathways to higher education for Latine and first-generation students in the Front Range.
keywords
Affect Studies Embodied Rhetoric Labor Rhetoric Public Communication Chicanx Cultural Forms Creative Nonfiction
Teaching
courses taught
ENGL 1001 - Writing, Reading, Culture
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Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
This course provides training and practice in writing and critical thinking with a focus on literary and cultural studies. We will emphasize reading, the writing process, the fundamentals of composition, and the structure of arguments. There will be varied writing assignments with opportunities for revision.
WRTG 1150 - First-Year Writing and Rhetoric
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Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Summer 2025 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Rhetorically informed introduction to college writing. Focuses on rhetorical analysis, argument, inquiry and information literacy. Taught as a writing workshop, the course emphasizes practicing writing strategies for all phases of the writing process. For placement criteria, see the arts and sciences advising office. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
WRTG 3020 - Topics in Writing
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025 / Spring 2026
Through sustained inquiry into a selected topic or issue, students will practice advanced forms of academic writing. Emphasizes analysis, criticism and argument. Taught as a writing seminar, places a premium on substantive, thoughtful revision. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Department enforced prerequisite: WRTG 1150 or equivalent (completion of lower-division writing requirement).
