Curriculum Vitae

​Research
 

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• Mendoza, R. R; Haywood, M. C.; Pouncil, F.; and Golden, N. (2023) “Hopeful Futures: BIPOC Scholars’ Critical Frameworks to Amplify and Protect BIPOC Communities.” CCCCs Annual Conference. *Accepted
   

• Harris, E; Bowers, E, Mendoza, R. R. (2022) "UX Methods as Transformative Institutional Change: Stacey Abrams’ Georgia Campaign as a Formative Example." IEEE PROCOMM (Ireland).
   

• Flores, W; Hopkins, H; Mendoza, R. R; Edwards, D; Graves, S; and Gonzales, L. (2022) “Wording and Worlding the Colonial Internet.” Computers and Writing Conference.
   

• Botex, S; Mendoza, R. R.; Kang, S.; and Reyes, A. (2022). “Anti-racist Work, Whose Call? BIPOC Graduate Students Answering the Call By Proposing Collective Community Work To Make Anti-Racist Change” CCCCs Annual Conference.
   

• Mendoza, R. R. (2021) “Life Saving Knowledges and Critical Frameworks to Disrupt Heteronormativity,” Humanities Commons’ Online Communities and Transformative Justice at MSU.
   

• “”. “Hollow Eve: Disrupting Heteronormative Queer Spaces.” San Diego State University’s Fall Conference on Pedagogy and Research.
   

• “”. (2019). “Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Bodies: Redefining and Queering Drag.” San Diego State University’s English Graduate Symposium
   

• “”. “Rhetorical Effects of Military Metaphors and Tropes During the Early AIDS Epidemic: A Social Semiotic Approach.” California State University, Chico English Graduate Symposium.
   

• “”. “Rhetorical Effects of Military Metaphors and Tropes During the Early AIDS Epidemic: A Social Semiotic Approach.” Chico State Humanities and Fine Arts Symposium.

​Invited Talks, Presentations, and Workshops              

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• Mendoza, R. R; Hollequest, C. (2021) “Reading of Names.” The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center’s Transgender Day of Remembrance at MSU.
   

• Mendoza, R. R. (2021) “Advancing Research, Scholarship, and Innovation Series: College of Nursing Resources.” MSU College of Nursing.
   

• “”. (2021). “The 3C's: Cultural Identity, Connection, and Citizenship” Citizen’s Scholar’s Conversation Series at MSU. College of Arts and Letters.
   

• “”. (2021). “Emergent Strategies for Coalitional Building.” The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center’s Queer Racial Justice Summit at MSU.
   

• “”. (2021). “Resume & Cover Letter Virtual Workshop: Centering Trans & Non-Binary Folx.” The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center’s Career Workshop at MSU.
   

• “”. (2020). “Guest Speaker.” The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center’s Transgender Day of         Remembrance at MSU.
   

• “”. (2020) “Engaging and Strategizing with First-Year Students.” The Gender and Sexuality Campus            Center’s NEW2U at MSU.
   

• “”. (2019) “Guest Speaker for Graduate Course RWS 609: Theory and Practice of Teaching            Composition.” San Diego State University.
   

• “”. (2018) “Lavender Commencement Speaker.” 1st Annual Lavender Graduation at  Anza Community College.
   

• “”. (2018) “Introduced Ryan Van Meter.” California State University, Chico, Writer's Voice.  
           

• Mendoza, R. R.; Geoff B. (2017) “Academy e-Learning: Meaningful Writing Projects.” California State University, Chico Teacher Conference. 2017           
   

• Mendoza, R. R. (2016). “Gender Empowerment: Take Back the Night.” De Anza Community College Symposium.