Valerie T. Smith PhD Student - Technical Communication & Rhetoric

Research Interests: Feminist rhetorics, technofeminism, digital rhetorics, rhetoric of health and medicine, user-centered design, user experience, critical technical communication 

Education 

M.A. | Arkansas State University | Communications Studies 

M.B.A. | Louisiana State University, Shreveport | concentration in Entrepreneurship 

M.A. | California State University, Sacramento | English Composition 

B.A. | California State University, Sacramento | English Literature, minor in Anthropology 

Graduate Certificates 

Teaching English as a Second Language – UCLA 

Technical Communication - UC San Diego

Postsecondary Reading and Learning - California State University, Fullerton 

Teaching;

Valerie is a full-time lecturer at the University of California, Davis, where she teaches a variety of writing courses.