Gabriella Wilson-Kopko

Biography

Gabriella Wilson-Kopko, assistant professor, is a teacher and researcher trained in rhetoric and composition as well as women and gender studies. Her research moves across disciplinary boundaries to explore digital literacy, writing pedagogy and issues of accessibility in higher education. Her most recent qualitative study explores the professional identity construction of disabled graduate students in rhetoric and composition to consider material recommendations for creating accessible departmental structures and fostering a culture of access. Wilson-Kopko’s scholarly writing covers a range of topics but tends to focus on digital writing pedagogy and accessibility; Her work can be found in Peitho, The Journal of Multimodal Rhetoric, and Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture.

Selected Publications

Wilson, Gabriella. “Crip Resistance for Graduate Students: Navigating Graduate School as a Disabled Student.” Journal of Multimodal Rhetoric. Special Issue “Composing at the Intersections: Queer, Transgender and Feminist Approaches to Multimodal Rhetorics.” Forthcoming.

Wilson, Gabriella. “Crafting Graduate Writing: Understanding Connections Between Hobbies and Doctoral Writing.” Journal of Multimodal Rhetoric. Issue 8.1. May 15, 2024.

Wilson, Gabriella. “Stop the Cop Shit: Assuming Innocence in the Writing Classroom.” Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture. Special Issue “Rhetoric and the Abolitionist Horizon.” March 01, 2023.
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/msup/rpc/article/3/1/81/398854/Stop-the-Cop-ShitWriting-the-Unimaginable-in-the

Wilson, Gabriella. “Teaching Digital Feminist Research Methods: Post-Truth Rhetorics and Care-ful Pedagogies.” Peitho. Cluster Conversation: “(CTRL-)Shifting Practices: Advancing Internet Research Ethics through Feminist Rhetorics.” Spring (June) 2023. Available at: https://cfshrc.org/article/teaching-digital-feminist-research-methods-polluted-digital-landscapes-and-care-ful-pedagogies/. 

Teaching

• ENGL 102: Writing for a Liberal Education