Dr. Kevin Garrison

Education

• Ph.D. in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Texas Tech University (2009)
• M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Tech University (2004)
• B.A in English., Angelo State University (2003)

Teaching Areas

• Technical Communication and Rhetoric
• Disability and Deaf Studies
• Studies of Writing and Technology
• Professional Editing/Writing
• Applied Rhetorics, User-Centeredness, and Usability

Research

• Disability and Deaf Studies
• Rhetoric and Media Studies
• Theories and Philosophies of Technology
• Usability Testing

Publications

• deaf deconstructions: Rhetorics of the Deaf Center. Book Proposal and Manuscript. ~106,000 words in the drafted manuscript. 2023. (In progress). 
• “Children of a Deaf(er) God. Part 1” Memoir Magazine. Fall 2023.
• “Deaf Atonement,” “Deaf Token,” “Deaf, etc.” WordGathering. Winter, 2022.
• “Prayer Signs.” Texas Poetry Assignment. 2022.
• “Fine, Big Hands (Stupid, Deaf Hands).” Texas Poetry Assignment. 2022.
• “Theorizing Lip Reading as Interface Design: The Gadfly of the Gaps.” Communication Design Quarterly. (10 pp.), 2018.
• “Moving Technical Communication Off the Grid.” Technical Communication Quarterly. (20 pp.), 2018.
• “Jacques Ellul’s Dialectical Theology: Embracing Contradictions about the Kingdom in the New Testament.” Ellul Forum. (13 pp.), 2017.
• “The Scientist, Philosopher, and Rhetorician: The Three Dimensions of Technical Communication and Technology.” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. (14 pp.) Vol. 44, Issue 4. 2014.
• “Designing and Implementing a Low-Cost Usability Testing Laboratory: Theoretical Justifications and Practical Considerations.” Technical Communication. (18 pp.) Vol. 60, Issue 3. 2013.
• “Ellul’s Alternative Theory of Technology: Anticipating the Fourth Milieu of Virtuality.” Explorations in Media Ecology. (16 pp.) Vol. 11, Issue 1. 2012.
• “Perpetuating the Technological Ideology: An Ellulian Critique of Feenberg’s Democratized Rationalization.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society. (10 pp.) Vol. 30, Issue 3. 2010.
• “Using Text-to-Speech Software to Revise First-Year College Students’ Essays.” Computers and Composition. (14 pp.) Vol. 20, Issue 4, 2009.