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Ms. Rochelle Gregory

Clinical Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation

(972) 668-8587

Email: Rochelle.Gregory@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Texas Woman's University, 2009
    Major: Rhetoric
  • MA, Tarleton State University, 2003
    Major: English
  • BA, Tarleton State University, 2001
    Major: English

Professional Memberships

  • Kenneth Burke Society. (2015 - Present).
  • Texas Community College Teachers Association. (2008 - Present).
  • National Council of Teachers of English. (2001 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, NTN! Core Assessment Development, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (November 8, 2024).
  • Seminar, DMI Faculty Lunch & Learn: Conquering the Annual Review Process, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,TX,United States of America. (November 7, 2024).
  • Seminar, Southwest Airlines and Resume Development, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (November 4, 2025 - November 4, 2025).
  • Seminar, Autumn and AI, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (October 7, 2025 - October 7, 2025).
  • Conference Attendance, Project Based Learning Symposium, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Worcester,Massachusetts,United States of America. (June 3, 2025 - June 6, 2025).
  • Seminar, Statistics Simplified, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (April 24, 2025).
  • Seminar, CACS and DMI Procedures, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (April 17, 2025 - April 17, 2025).
  • Seminar, The Impact of Property Rights on Foreign Direct Investment, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025).
  • Seminar, Turning Teaching into Scholarship: SoTL in Interdisciplinary Contexts, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025).
  • Seminar, Have You Ever Considered Your Bank's Politics? These Women Have. Women's Banks, Credit Unions, and Economic Activism Before and After the ECOA, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025).
  • Seminar, PBL Mentorship in DMI, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (October 3, 2024 - October 3, 2024).
  • Seminar, Robotic Process Automation and Business Operation Optimization, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (October 1, 2024 - October 1, 2024).
  • Other (Kick Off), UNTF Fall Kickoff Celebration, UNT Frisco. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (September 6, 2024 - September 6, 2024).
  • Seminar, DMI: Past and Present, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (September 5, 2024 - September 5, 2024).
  • Seminar, T.V. Munson, The Grape Man of Texas, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. Frisco,Texas,United States of America. (September 3, 2024 - September 3, 2024).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • AMDS 3210 - Public Engagement in Heritage Management, 1 course.
  • ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 5 courses.
  • ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2331 - World Literature, 4 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Continuing Education, University of North Texas OLLI, 50 participants. (September 23, 2025 - September 30, 2025).
  • Continuing Education, University of North Texas OLLI, 20 participants. (June 24, 2025 - July 1, 2025).

Awards and Honors

  • Professional Development Funding, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. (December 10, 2025).
  • Professional Development Funding, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. (October 14, 2025).
  • Professional Development Funding, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation. (March 19, 2025).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Gregory, R.D. (2007). The ‘Suprahuman’ and the ‘Inhuman’: Identifying Those Of, Beyond, and Without God in Autism Texts. SAMLA Convention Conference Proceedings. https://case.edu/affil/sce/Texts_2007/Gregory.html
  • Gregory, R.D. (2006). Dr. Randall Popken’s The Tarleton Writer: The Praxis of Social Construction, Social Transactional, and Genre-Acquisition Theories. 71 CCTE Studies.
  • Gregory, R.D. (2005). Use of Dialectic as Means of Invention in Composition Classroom. 70 CCTE Studies.
  • Gregory, R.D. (2003). A Pedagogical Hybrid: Merging Three Pedagogies in the Early 20th Century Composition Classroom. 69 CCTE Studies.

    • Book

  • Gregory, R.D., Hancock, B., Cox, G. (2024). The 100-Year of History of North Central Texas College.

    • Book Chapter

  • Gregory, R.D., Norton, G., Kopko, K. (2021). The Fulbright International Education Administrators Seminars: Opportunities for Honors Deans and Directors.
  • Gregory, R.D., Williams, N., Lopez, A., Nora, C. (2017). Surviving Sexism to Inspire Change: Stories and Reflections from Mothers on the Tenure Track.
  • Gregory, R.D. (2015). A Womb with a View: Identifying the Culturally Iconic Fetal Image in Prenatal Ultrasound Provisions.
  • Gregory, R.D., Francis, L. (2015). Hillary Clinton’s Rhetoric of Fashion.
  • Gregory, R.D., Daxenbichler, M. (2013). Electing the Commander in Chief: The Gender Regime and Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Campaign Rhetoric.

    • Journal Article

  • Gregory, R., Weinzapfel, K., Arnold, J., Dietz, A., Ince, J., Ott, A., Hawkins, J.P., Poe, J., Smart, L., West, K. (2024). Instructional Note: North Central Texas College’s First-Year Composition Textbook Project. Other. 51 (4) 330-338. National Council of Teachers of English. https://doi.org/10.58680/tetyc2024514330
  • Gregory, R., Weinzapfel, K. (2024). Peer-to-Peer Professional Development in Building a Culture of Collegiality in Corequisite Education. Other. 6 (2) 8-12. Texas State University. https://doi.org/10.58997/6.2pp1
  • Gregory, R.D. (2012). A Womb with a View: Identifying the Culturally Iconic Fetal Image in Prenatal Ultrasound Provisions. 2 (2) Present Tense. https://www.presenttensejournal.org/past-issues/volume-2/a-womb-with-a-view-identifying-the-culturally-iconic-fetal-image-in-prenatal-ultrasound-provisions/
  • Gregory, R. (2011). Beyond the Spectacle of the Autistic Adult: Review of Grandin, Beyond the Spectacle of the Autistic Adult. Disability Studies Quarterly. 31 (3) The Ohio State University Libraries. https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v31i3.1659

    • Think Piece

  • Gregory, R. (2025). How Machine Metaphors Shaped Early Misunderstandings of Autism. Medium. https://medium.com/activated-thinker/not-a-circuit-but-a-life-love-autism-and-the-refusal-of-the-machine-metaphor-2356068fbe0f
  • Gregory, R. (2025). The Hardest Lessons I Taught and Learned This Semester Were About AI. Medium. https://medium.com/educreation/the-hardest-lessons-i-taught-and-learned-this-semester-was-about-ai-c11dc529483d
  • Gregory, R. (2025). The Future of Storytelling Isn’t AI. It’s Us.. Medium. https://medium.com/@rogregory/the-future-of-storytelling-isnt-ai-it-s-us-17aa663428c9
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Beyond Comprehension: Autism, Scapegoating, and the Celebrity Narratives That Mislead Us About Vaccinations. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/beyond-comprehension-understanding-the-publics-mistrust-of-science-and-medicine-f7485052b1fd
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Love, Faith, and the Broken Body: How Melodrama Turns Disability into Punishment. Medium. https://medium.com/women-write/disability-as-punishment-through-romantic-and-religious-melodrama-f2c58bb29bfd
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Rain Man and Robots: How Cultural Metaphors Have Shaped Autism. Medium. Rain Man and Robots: How Cultural Metaphors Have Shaped Autism
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Reading and Teaching in the Age of AI. Medium. https://medium.com/women-write/reading-in-the-age-of-ai-97908c41bc4c
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Campus, Classes, and Car Seats: An Ethic for Teen Parents. Medium. https://medium.com/women-write/campus-classes-and-car-seats-an-ethic-for-teen-parents-e99f2034a169
  • Gregory, R. (2025). The History and Return of the Blue Book. Medium. https://medium.com/educreation/the-history-and-return-of-the-blue-book-in-class-writing-in-the-age-of-ai-434dd00a8f89
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Trusting Your Autistic Children Can Be Deadly: How Film Once Misrepresented Autism. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/trusting-your-autistic-children-can-be-deadly-how-film-once-misrepresented-autism-4a85e6bc1824?postPublishedType=repub
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Private Thoughts, Public Truths: Why Anne Frank’s Voice Matters. Medium.
  • Gregory, R. (2025). What My Autistic Son’s Cartoons Teach Us About Rhetoric and Disability. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/what-my-autistic-sons-cartoons-teach-us-about-rhetoric-and-disability-78d409d2bee5
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Adventures in Autism: Traveling with T. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/adventures-in-autism-traveling-with-t-396c18e59369
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Old Books, New Debates: Utah’s Western “Great Books” Courses and the Changing World Literature Canon. Medium. Educreate. https://medium.com/educreation/old-books-new-debates-utahs-western-great-books-courses-and-the-changing-world-literature-7f0d86262881
  • Gregory, R. (2025). False Analogies and Failed Infrastructure: What Lowndes County Teaches Us About the Rhetoric of Environmental Racism. Medium. https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/false-analogies-and-failed-infrastructure-what-lowndes-county-teaches-us-about-environmental-8c743e350389
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Access for All: Understanding the Disability Rights Movement and Disability Studies. Medium. https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/access-for-all-understanding-the-disability-rights-movement-and-disability-studies-181e7f99109b
  • Gregory, R. (2025). Scaring Us into Action? The Problem with Fear in Autism Awareness. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/scaring-us-into-action-the-problem-with-fear-in-autism-awareness-1270e6580bd5
  • Gregory, R. (2025). The Nazi Euthanasia Program: Disability, Rhetoric, Registry, and the Economics of Extermination. Medium. https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/the-nazi-euthanasia-program-disability-rhetoric-registry-and-the-economics-of-extermination-469760318662
  • Gregory, R. (2025). How Society Shaped the Story of Autism: From Myth to Medical Diagnosis. Medium. https://medium.com/autisticrn/how-society-shaped-the-story-of-autism-from-myth-to-medical-diagnosis-8788ea863324

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Gregory, R. (Presenter), First-Gen Summitt, TRIO Alumni Experiences, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), Annual Convention, Narratives of Sustainability: Exploring Eco-Lit in World Literature Through Project-Based Learning, Texas Community College Teachers Association, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), Possibilities & Potentials: Two-Year College English Association, Southwest Virtual Annual Conference, Winning Words: Writing Successful Award Nominations and Applications, Two-Year College English Association, Southwest, Virtual, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Gregory, R.D. (Author & Presenter), Smart, L. (Co-Chair), Possibilities & Potentials: Two-Year College Association - Southwest Virtual Annual Conference, Transforming a First-Year Writing Program through Collaboration: North Central Texas College’s “Textbook Project”, Two-Year College Association - Southwest, Virtual, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Lecture

  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), DMI Frisco Seminar Series, Revisiting Terri Schiavo’s Death Twenty Years Later Through Kenneth Burke’s Psychology of Form, Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, Frisco Landing, United States of America. (2024).
  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), OLLI, Lone Star Literary Landscapes: Texas Literature and the Environment, UNT, Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), OLLI, Lone Star Literary Landscapes: Texas Literature and the Environment, UNT, Keller Senior Citizens Center, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), Trends in Composition, Projects Over Prompts: Transforming the First-Year Composition Course Through Project-Based Learning, Collin College, McKinney, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), 12th Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, Revisiting Terri Schiavo’s Death Twenty Years Later: Kenneth Burke’s Psychology of Form and the Emerging Influence of AI, Kenneth Burke Society, Virtual, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Every Click You Make, Every Skill You Take: Building Purposeful Online Faculty Professional Development, National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Poster

  • Fulton, K. (Author & Presenter), Dumaine, D.L. (Author), Gregory, R. (Author), McKay, M.M. (Author), Ranieri, E.N. (Author), Annual Meeting, Heritage Management as Workforce Development: Applied Learning Outcomes from a New Multidisciplinary Minor, Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2025 - 2026).
  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), PBL Symposium, Projects Over Prompts Transforming the First-Year Composition Course Through Project-Based Learning, University of North Texas, Frisco, Texas, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Gregory, R. (Author & Presenter), Ranieri, E.N. (Author), Fulton, K.A. (Author), Conference on Community Writing, Engaging Communities in Heritage Management: Writing, Preserving, and Celebrating Shared Histories, Coalition for Community Writing, Detroit, MI, United States of America. (2025).

    • Sharing Session

  • Gregory, R. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Theory, Research Methodologies, and Praxis Workshop, National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).

Media Contributions

    Other

  • "From Page to Public: Storytelling for Resilience, Access, and Advocacy," TEDxTWU. (February 27, 2026).

Service

University Service

  • Attendee, Graduation, Commencement. (December 14, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Project Based Learning Symposium Committee. (September 2024 - May 2025).

Professional Service

  • Editorial Review Board Member (Peer Review Board), Journal of College Academic Support Programs (J-CASP). (2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article (Reviewer), College Composition and Communication (CCC). (2000 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Conference College Composition and Communication Research Committee. (July 2024 - July 2027).
  • Committee Chair, Two-Year College English Association, Southwest Virtual Conference. Virtual, (October 18, 2024 - October 19, 2024).