Dr. Lisa L. Phillips's research interests include environmental, Indigenous, and intersectional feminist rhetorics at intersection with sensation and embodiment. She is a faculty affiliate in the Climate Center and Women's & Gender Studies programs. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetorical theory, history, and analysis, technical communication, visual and sensory rhetorics, multimodal composition, gender, and business and professional report writing. Her interdisciplinary research focuses primarily on socio-environmental issues and examines connections between social injustice, materiality, and embodiment particularly as these emerge in the public sphere in the form of protest regarding deteriorating environmental conditions. This includes the disproportionate effect of climate change on historically marginalized communities.

For more information about Lisa's research, teaching, and service visit: https://lisalouphillips.wordpress.com

Ph.D. Illinois State University

Published Books

Phillips, L. L., Warren-Riley, S., & Bates, J. (Eds.). (2024). Grassroots activisms: Public rhetorics in localized contexts. The Ohio State University Press.

Books Under Review

Phillips, L. L. (Expected 2025). Sniffing out intersectional environmental problems and olfactory rhetoric. The Ohio State University Press.

Published Articles

Phillips, L. L., & DeLeon, R. (2022). Living testimonios: How Latinx graduate students persist and enact social justice within higher education. IEEE: Transactions in Professional Communication, 65(1), 197–212.

Phillips, L. L., Darby, K., & Phillips M. A. (2016). Mapping the environment with sensory data. In the trenches: National association of geoscience educators, 6(3), 5–10.

Phillips, L. L. (2012). Writing with tattoo ink: Composing that gets under the skin. Grassroots Writing Research Journal, 3(1), 15–21.

Published Book Chapters

Warren-Riley, S., Bates, J., & Phillips, L. L. (2024). Valuing, learning from, and amplifying grassroots activisms. In L. L. Phillips, S. Warren-Riley, & J. Bates (Eds.), Grassroots activisms: Public rhetorics in localized contexts (pp. 1–28). The Ohio State University Press.

Phillips, L. L. (2015). Smellscapes, social justice, and olfactory perception. In A. T. Demo (Ed.), Rhetoric across borders (pp. 35–45). Parlor Press.

Book Chapters Under Review

Phillips, L. L. (Forthcoming 2025). Teaching tactics that intervene and resist matters of climate catastrophe. In J. Everett & R. Mayo (Eds.), Teaching composition the era of climate change. Parlor Press.

Phillips, L. L. (Expected 2026). Reeking revelations: How olfaction informs rhetorical processes in environmental injustice. In S. Ceraso & J. Stone (Eds.), Sensory rhetorics. Penn State Press.

Phillips, L. L. (Expected 2026). Deploying design justice to evaluate community-facing hazard characterization in environmental injustice settings. In J. Jiang & J. Tham (Eds.), Designing for social justice: Community-engaged approaches to technical communication. Routledge.

Phillips, L. L. (Expected 2027). A work in progress. In K. Acosta, et al. (Eds.), Storied practices: Positionality in writing studies. University Press of Colorado.

Published NSF-Funded Teaching Modules

Darby, K., Phillips, L. L., & Phillips, M. (2017). Unit 1: Data set analysis. In A. Egger (Ed.), Mapping the environment with sensory perception. Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/152677.

Phillips, L. L., Darby, K., Phillips, M. (2017). Unit 2: Sensory log and holistic reflection. In A. Egger (Ed.), Mapping the environment with sensory perception. Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/152689.

Phillips, M., Darby, K., & Phillips, L. L. (2017). Unit 3: Sensory data collection. In A. Egger (Ed.), Mapping the environment with sensory perception. Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/152695.

Phillips, L. L., Darby, K., Phillips, M. (2017). Unit 4: Case study analysis. In A. Egger (Ed.), Mapping the environment with sensory perception. Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/152692.

Darby, K., Phillips, L. L., & Phillips, M. (2016). Unit 5: Sensory map development. In A. Egger (Ed.), Mapping the environment with sensory perception. Science Education Resource Center. https://serc.carleton.edu/152704.

Assistant Professor
Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Email: lisa.phillips@ttu.edu
Office: HUMA 485