Dr. Enrique (Ricky) Reynoso
Assistant Professor
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Office: 47-35N
Email: rreyno05@calpoly.edu
Phone: 805-756-7183
Education
| Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Rhetoric and Composition | Purdue University | 2016 |
| M.A. | English | Purdue University | 2011 |
| B.A. | English | University of Texas - Pan American | 2007 |
Bio
My work is centered at the intersection of globalization and marginalized populations. In drawing together traditionally excluded users of technologies (such as migrant workers and the undocumented) with questions about access and mobility, my research and teaching weave together both culturally transformative technical communication and the challenges of digital spaces.
Teaching and Research Interests
Technical and Professional Communication
Critical Race Theory
Border Rhetoric(s)
Decolonial Rhetoric(s)
Race and Rhetoric Presentations
Medina, C., Reynoso, E. & Luna, P. (2019 March). Where’s the Love? The Exclusionary Performance of Citation Practices. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).
Reynoso, E. (2018 August). Post-global Communication Practices in Border Regions. Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC).
Peterman, T., Reynoso, E., & Sanchez, J. (2014 May). Global Permeability: Economic Legacies and Emergent Border Rhetoric(s). Rhetoric Society of America Conference.
Layne, A., Peterman, T., & Reynoso, E. (2012 November). Marginalizing discourse: Muted Groups, Wall Economy, and Privileged Ideologies in Writing Classrooms. Watson Conference.
Reynoso, E. (2012 March). Levee Barrier: Tracking the Implications of Rhetorical Maneuvers at the Border Wall. National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco.
Reynoso, E. (2010 April). Language as Symbolic Division: Identifying Race, Class, and Sex in Gloria Anzaldua and Victor Villanueva. New Directions in Critical Theory Conference.
Garcia, Rolando, Gonzalez, Savannah, & Reynoso, E. (2005 November). Segregated Literature and Canonical Stigma. Learning Communities Conference.
Digital Rhetorics Presentations
Abbott, T., Layne, A. & Reynoso, E. (2017 June). Interrogations and Strategies for Overcoming Impediments to Wonder. Computers and Writing.
Abbott, T., Layne, A. & Reynoso, E. (2016 November). Combating the Devaluation of Computer-Mediated Writing: Three Pedagogical Perspectives. The Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing (GPACW).
Reynoso, E. (2015 October). Useful Programmatic Data: Cultivating Information to Support Strategic Decision-Making. Council for Programs on Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Conference.
Blackmon, S., Layne, A. & Reynoso, E. (2015 May). Insurgency and a War on Terror in Destiny.” Computers and Writing.
Reynoso, E. & Strantz, A. (2012 March). Humangineering: Bridging Disciplinary Gaps through Collaborative Technology. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW).
Cushman, J., Reynoso, E. & Talbot, J. (2010 May). The Anti-Social Network. Computers and Writing.
Conferences, Workshops and Invited Talks
Reynoso, E., Lorenzo Aguilar, G., McKoy, T., et al. (2020). Antiracist and Social Justice Activism. Panel. Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) Conference.
Reynoso, E. (2014). N@rcorhetorics: Border violence and global capital. Invited by Samantha Blackmon for English 680M: Minority Rhetorics. Purdue University
Reynoso, E. (2013). Nudge: User experience in professional writing. Invited by Jeremy Cushman for English 306: Intro to Professional Writing. Purdue University.
Reynoso, E. (2012). Borderlands: Anzadúa and decolonized chican@ rhetorics. Invited by Professor Samantha Blackmon for English 680M: Minority Rhetorics. Purdue University.
Reynoso, E. (2012). Borderlands and bootstraps via Burke. Invited by Kristi Wilson for the Theory and Cultural Studies Colloquium. Purdue University.
Affiliations
NCTE Latinx Caucus
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
IEEE Professional Communication Society (IEEE ProComm)
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
ACM Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
Awards
“James M. Lufkin Award for Best Paper in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference” with Gabriel Aguilar. (2025).
“Crouse Master’s Research Scholarship”. Purdue University. (2011).