Laura Gonzales

Dr. Laura Gonzales is an assistant professor of rhetoric and writing studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her work highlights the strengths of multilingual communication in professional and academic contexts. She is the author of the monograph, Sites of Translation: What Multilinguals Can Teach Us About Digital Writing and Rhetoric, which received the Sweetland/University of Michigan Digital Rhetoric Book Prize in 2016.

Current Work:

Dr. Gonzales is currently working on a monograph about multilingual technology design on the Mexico/US borderland. She is highlighting how race and ethnicity intersect with translation practices and language ideologies in borderland communities.

Research Area Keyword(s):

Translation, technical communication, rhetoric, community engagement