iTTU Mentor

Mason Pellegrini

Functional Expertise

• Pitching

• Business Writing

• Slide Design

Industry Expertise

• Technical Communications

• Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Mason Pellegrini is an assistant professor in Technical Communication and Rhetoric at TTU. Mason received his PhD in rhetoric and composition from Purdue University, and his main area of expertise is the way entrepreneurs communicate. Beginning early in his academic career, Mason has spent a lot of time collecting data in entrepreneurial environments and has published on a range of topics in entrepreneurship communication such as the business pitch, the business model canvas, and entrepreneurial ecosystems. In 2022, Mason received a Fulbright Grant to spend the academic year gathering data at the influential business accelerator Start-Up Chile. He’s always interested in helping startups improve their storytelling, slide design, and writing so that they can be more persuasive and achieve their goals.