Rylee Mehr
MA student, Rhetoric and Writing
Graduate Teaching Assistant, First-Year Writing
Office: 282 Bessey Hall
Email: mehrryle@msu.edu
Research Interests
reflection, rhetoric of voice, linguistic diversity and justice, cultural rhetorics, writing pedagogy
Profile
Rylee is a second-year Master’s student in Rhetoric and Writing within the Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures department. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in Philosophy from Florida State University where she fostered a love for cultural and visual rhetoric as well as embracing linguistic diversity in the classroom. Rylee also likes to explore the rhetoric within pop culture, especially memes, and the unconventional ways in which they cultivate community. Her current research centers student voices in First-Year Writing and investigates the means through which their voices can be amplified.
Education
B.A., English, Florida State University, 2022
Representative Work
Drever, E., Brooks, S. S., Mehr, R., Maggio, S., & DeVoss, D.N. (2024). Writing identity, identity writing | Identity matters, matters of identity. Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 8(1).
Sample Courses Taught
WRA 101: First-Year Writing