Research interests: Rhetorics of health and medicine; ethics and social responsibility; feminist framework for social justice activism; rhetorical genre studies 
 

Degrees 

MS | University of Houston – Downtown | Technical Communications 

BA | University of Houston | Corporate Communications 

PhD | Texas Tech University | Technical Communication & Rhetoric
 

Certificates

Graduate Certificate in Teaching Technical Communication, Texas Tech University

Graduate Certificate in Grants and Proposals (CG&P), Texas Tech University

Graduate Certificate in Medical and Applied Health Communication, University of Houston – Downtown 

Certificate in Corporate Entrepreneurship and Global Business, University of Houston 
 

Awards

(2021) 1st Place, Best Graduate Writing in Technical Communication, University of Houston – Downtown 
 

PhD in Technical Communication & Rhetoric
Email: dmerlos@ttu.edu