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Dr. Ashley Rea

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Technical Communication

Email: Elizabeth.Rea@unt.edu

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Assistant Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. (2021 - 2025).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • TECM 1700 - Introduction to Professional, Science, and Technical Writing, 2 courses.
  • TECM 4010 - AI and Automation in Technical Communication, 1 course.
  • TECM 4950 - Senior Capstone Course, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide, ENGL 123 English Composition, Summer 2025.
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona, COM 221 Technical Report Writing, Summer 2025.
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona, COM 420 Advanced Technical Writing, Spring 2025.
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona, HU 118 Digital Publics and Rhetorical Theory, Spring 2025.
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona, COM 221 Technical Report Writing, Spring 2025.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Rea, E., Balghare, A., Haslam, M. (2025). Facilitating Technical Writing Transfer in Capstone Engineering Design Courses. 174 - 178. ACM SIGDOC Conference.
  • Rea, E., Davis, C., Clerget, A.S., Hobbs, T.A. (2025). Facilitating women’s success in software engineering through the exploration of non-traditional educational environments.. American Society of Engineering Education 2025 Conference.
  • Adams, J., Rea, E. (2024). Small Shifts: New Methods for Improving Communication Experiences for Women in Early Engineering Courses.
  • Rea, E., Adams, J., Ali, H., Robertson, K. (2023). Fostering Educational Equity in Engineering..

    • Journal Article

  • Rea, E., Balghare, A. (2024). Cultivating Empathetic Design through UX Pedagogy: Challenges and Insights.. Communication Design Quarterly. 12 (3) 5-19.
  • Rea, E., Chelsey, A., Zhang, T. (2023). Leveraging Participatory Design and User Experience Methods to Collaboratively Envision an Inclusive, User-centered Writ-ing and Design Lab. Programmatic Perspectives. 14 (2) 46-87.
  • Rea, E. (2022). Coding Equity: Social Justice and Computer Programming Literacy Education. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. 65 (1) 87-103.
  • Rea, E. (2021). “Changing the Face of Technology”: Storytelling Practice in Activist Coding Organizations. Technical Communication. 68 (4) 26-39. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27340325

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Co-led workshop with Dr. Jon Adams. Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, “Undergraduate Research Mentoring: Encouraging Research Excellence.”, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Co-led workshop with Dr. Jon Adams. Research Mentor Network (Hosted by California Polytechnic University & Occidental College), “Inclusive Mentoring: Empowering Student Potential.”, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan, “Equity & Computer Programming Education.”, Japan. (2023 - 2023).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Special Interest Group for Design of Communication Conference, Lubbock, TX., “Facilitating Technical Writing Transfer in Capstone Engineering Design Courses.”, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Twenty-Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities Twenty-Third International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, Hilo, HI., “Going Below the Surface of Artificial Intelligence: Humanities Curriculum for STEM Institutions.”, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), International Writing Center Association Conference, Online., “Enhancing Writing Center Technologies: A User Experience Study Across Multiple Campuses.”, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Special Interest Group for Design of Communication Conference, Washington, D.C., “Feminist Coding Literacy in the Age of Generative AI.”, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, “Hope is a QEP? A Roundtable on Institutional Change.”, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference, Atlanta, GA, “Becoming an Agent of Change: Marginalization and Equity in STEM Writing Contexts.”, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Special Interest Group for Design of Communication Conference, Orlando, FL, “From Stakeholders to Designers: Insights from a Participatory Design Study.”, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, “Centering Feminist Praxis in Coding Literacies, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy.”, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Rea, E. (Author & Presenter), Special Interest Group for Design of Communication Conference, Boston, MA, “Engineering Equity: Fostering Inclusive STEM Education at ERAU-Prescott.”, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Algorithms for Her? Conference, London, England, “Programming Women: Platform Labor and Rhetorical Education.”, United Kingdom. (2020 - 2020).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, “Counter-Performance in the Archives.”, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E. (Discussant), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, “Power and Performance in Translingual Academic Writing.”, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Harrisonburg, VA, “Transnational Feminism and the Rhetoric of Women’s Coding Literacy Movements.”, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), International Society for the History of Rhetoric Conference, New Orleans, LA, “Radio Rhetoric: Mary Margaret McBride and Archival Listening.”, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, Estes Park, Colorado, “Toward an Ethics of Haptic Technology.”, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning Conference, Estes Park, CO, “Contemplative Writing & Digital Composition.”, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, “Cultivating an Ear for Difference: Listening as Sonic Archival Practice.”, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Dayton, OH, “Invoking the Body: Touch and Making Meaning.”, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY, “What It Means to Compose for the Web.”, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX, “Digital Contemplative Composition: A Feminist Approach to Inquiry.”, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).

    • Poster

  • Rea, E. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition & Communication, Spokane, WA, “Digital Praxis Poster: UX Tools for Qualitative Writing Studies Research.”, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E. (Presenter), National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Long Beach, CA, “Participatory Design, Educational Equity, & Undergraduate Research Mentoring.”, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Boettger, R.K. (Principal), Campbell, K.S. (Co-Principal), Pavlak, E.F. (Co-Principal), Pellegrini, M. (Co-Principal), Rea, E. (Co-Principal), Williams, E. (Co-Principal), "Adapting to Innovation Playbook," sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, State, $350000 Funded. (2025 - 2025).

    • Fellowship

  • Rea, E., "Center for Humanities and Information Predoctoral Fellowship and Research Grant," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $31000 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Rea, E., "Spanish Language Intensive Summer Tuition Assistance Grant," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $6000 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
  • Rea, E., "PSU Enhanced Graduate Scholar Fellowship," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $28000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).

    • Grant - Research

  • Rea, E., "Arizona NASA Space Consortium Grant," sponsored by Arizona NASA Space Consortium, Local, $7840 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E., "ERAU Collaborative Grant," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $20000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).
  • Rea, E., "Arizona NASA Space Grant Consortium Grant," sponsored by Arizona NASA Space Consortium, Local, $3000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E., "Faculty Summer Initiative Research Grant," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $4832 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E., "Faculty Summer Initiative Research Grant," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $4862 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E., "Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $850 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E., "Arizona NASA Space Grant Consortium Grant —Co-PI with Jon Adams and Katrina undefined Robertson," sponsored by Arizona NASA Space Consortium, Local, $2150 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Rea, E., "Undergraduate Research Initiative Grant," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $2000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Rea, E., "English Graduate Organization Travel Grant," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $100 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E., "Phillips Centennial Graduate Endowment Research Grant," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $500 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E., "PSU RGSO Dissertation Research Funding Grant," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $1000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Rea, E., "Welch Graduate Student Award for Dissertation Support," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $500 Funded. (2019 - 2019).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Rea, E., "Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Fellow," sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Local, $3500 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Rea, E., "Program in Writing and Rhetoric Teaching Mentoring Support," sponsored by Penn State University, Local, $200 Funded. (2020 - 2020).

Service

Public Service

  • Other (Webmaster and Tutor), Prescott Valley Library Adult Literacy Group. Prescott Valley, Arizona. (2022 - 2025).
  • Mentor, Global Connections. State College, Pennsylvania. (2017 - 2021).
  • Other (Teacher), Mid-State Literacy. State College, Pennsylvania. (2017 - 2021).
  • Member, Migration Studies Project. State College, Pennsylvania. (2017 - 2021).
  • Other (Tutor), Grace Mission Middle School. Tallahassee, Florida. (2017 - 2017).
  • Other (Tutor), Literacy Volunteers of Leon County. Tallahassee, Florida. (2017 - 2017).
  • Other (Tutor), Catholic Charities. Fort Worth, Texas. (2014 - 2015).