Jessie Cortez

Assistant Professor of English
305 Pardee Hall
cortezj@lafayette.edu

Degrees

  • Ph.D Texas A&M University

Teaching interests:  Rhetoric and composition; technical and professional writing; technical and professional editing

Research interests:  Rhetoric of health and medicine; science communication; composition pedagogy

Selected publications:

Jessie Cortez, & Joanna Tsenn. (2025). “Writing Assessment Training for Capstone Design Instructors.” Proceedings of the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 22 – 25. Paper ID #48266. 

 

Joshua DiCaglio, Gwendolyn Inocencio, Jessie Cortez, Hannah Mailhos, & Connor Hearron. (2024).  “Wikipedia as Editorial Microcosm: Stalled Wikipedia Articles and the Teaching of Applied Comprehensive Editing.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 29(1).  https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/29.1/topoi/dicaglio-et-al/.