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Avery Edenfield

Avery Edenfield

Assistant Professor, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Utah State University, and We Own It Trustee

Avery Edenfield profile photoAvery Edenfield (he/him/his, avery@weown.it) is an Assistant Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric at Utah State University. His research agenda works at the intersections of professional communication and community-embedded workspaces with specific attention to cooperatives, collectives, and nonprofits. and how marginalized communities use professional communication for self-advocacy. His research interests include theories of participation, rhetorics of empowerment and democracy, and community engagement in professional communication. Avery’s work has appeared in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Nonprofit Quarterly, and Technical Communication.