• Lecturer, Petroleum Engineering
Gia Alexander

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., English, Texas A&M University – 2022
  • Graduate Certificate, Digital Humanities, Texas A&M University – 2018
  • Graduate Certificate, Book History, Texas Tech University – 2016
  • M.A., English, Texas A&M University – 1991
  • B.A., English, Northwestern State University of Louisiana – 1989

Research Interests

    • Effects of preliminary writing (e.g., laboratory notes, conference abstracts) on the management and trajectory of engineering projects
    • Intercultural technical communication
    • Accessibility in digital environments

Selected Publications

  • Alexander, Gia. “Mining Digital Humanities Archives to Produce Accessible Editions of Scholarly Texts.” Spec. issue of Electronic Book Review, edited by Joe Tabbi and Will Luers, invited and submitted, Aug. 2019.
  • Alexander, Gia. “Accessibility in Digital Environments via TEI-Encoded Uncontracted Braille: A Technical Demonstration.” Digital Humanities Summer Institute, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 8 Jun. 2018.
  • Alexander, Gia. “My Tech Writing Teacher Has Low Vision: Teachable Moments for Accessibility and Diversity in the Technical Communication Classroom.” In Teaching with a Disability: Student and Teacher Experiences of Disability in the Classroom, edited by Michael Jeffress. Chapter 9, pp. 321-39. Also presented at the National Communication Association, 103rd Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 19 Nov. 2017
  • Alexander, Gia. “Chaucer’s ‘General Prologue’ to The Canterbury Tales as a Case for Accessible Scholarly Editions Using TEI-Encoded Uncontracted Braille.” Spec. issue of Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, vol. 8, 2015