Beau Pihlaja

Welcome! My name is Dr. Beau Pihlaja. I am an assistant professor in Technical Communication and Rhetoric with the Department of English at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

I have a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition Studies at UTEP. My dissertation, "New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters on the U.S.-Mexico border" explored the mediating effects of communication technologies on intercultural encounters in a bi-national company situated on the U.S.-Mexico border.

My research interests include intercultural technical and professional communication, technologically mediated professional and technical communication, cultural rhetorics, and materialist research methods and analysis.
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Contact Info:
beau.pihlaja@ttu.edu