Mason Pellegrini

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Technical Communication

Email: Mason.Pellegrini@unt.edu

Teaching

Pellegrini, M. (2025). The rhetoric of design thinking: Histories, theories, and methods for innovation in technical communication. Routledge.

Pellegrini, M. (2025). Design Thinking as an Avenue for Social Change in Technical and Professional Communication. Routledge Handbook on Technical and Professional Communication.

Pellegrini, M., Spinuzzi, C. (2025). The business model canvas in entrepreneurial communication: A genre-based integrative review. Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm).
Pellegrini, M. (2024). The rhetorical structure of the entrepreneurial pitch problem statement: Findings from an international business accelerator. Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm).
Pellegrini, M. (2024). Workshop: Building bridges toward publication in the transactions. Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm).
Pellegrini, M. (2023). The role of the pitch: Gatekeeping and pitch development in a high technology business accelerator. 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm).
Pellegrini, M. (2021). The business canvas: An emerging visual genre of professional communication. The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication.
Pellegrini, M. (2020). he intersection of design thinking and website creation.

Pellegrini, M., Hunter, P. (2024). Constructing entrepreneurial opportunities: The argumentative structure of early-stage business pitch problem statements at an international business accelerator. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
Pellegrini, M. (2023). ‘F--- Shark Tank:’ Rethinking the centrality of the business pitch in microenterprise entrepreneurship. Technical Communication Quarterly.
Pellegrini, M. (2022). Composing like an entrepreneur: The pedagogical implications of design thinking in the workplace. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.
Pellegrini, M., Johnson-Sheehan, R. (2021). The evolution of university business incubators: Transnational hubs for entrepreneurship. Journal of Business and Technical Communication.

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).

Boettger, R.K. (Principal), Pellegrini, M. (Co-Principal), He, J. (Co-Principal), Ji, H. (Co-Principal), "Human-Guided AI for Curriculum Innovation: Transforming Faculty Expertise into Ethical AI-Enhanced Learning Resources," sponsored by Learning Institute, University of North Texas, $11000 Funded. (2026).