Rate My Professor Alejandra Ramirez

Alejandra Ramirez is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies in the Department of Writing and Language Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Holding a PhD in Rhetoric and Composition and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona, her work as an artist, scholar, and educator centers on decolonial, participatory practices that bridge institutional and community spaces. Ramirez's research and pedagogy emphasize decolonial arts praxis, transnational pedagogies, and activism, drawing from Chicana feminist methodologies, sensorial and sensual approaches like facultades serpentinas, and community literacies such as barrio muralism and outdoor pedagogies. Her interests include writing assessment, advocacy and activism, writing program administration, composition studies, and Chicano studies.

She edited the collection Decolonial Arts Praxis: Transnational Pedagogies and Activism (Routledge, 2024), gathering decolonial scholars, educators, and artists to explore arts pedagogies in decolonization and transnational feminisms. In this volume, she contributed the introduction, "Decolonial Arts, Pedagogies, and Activism across Borders," and the chapter "Dreaming a Decolonial Praxis." Other key publications include "Perpetual (In)securities: (Re)Birthing Border Imperialism as Understood Through Facultades Serpentinas" in Decolonial Conversations in Posthuman and New Material Rhetorics (2022), "Lo que me enseño mi padre: (Il)Literacies, outdoor pedagogies, and barrio muralism" in Writers: Craft & Context (2025), and works in constellations: A cultural rhetorics publishing space (2019). Ramirez also authored ¡Malcreada! A Xicanista Rhetoric: Politics of Recognition and a Case for Incivility. As affiliated faculty with UTRGV's Center for Community-Engaged Research, Rhetoric, and Impact Advocacy, she contributes to community-engaged scholarship. Her dissertation and ongoing projects reflect a commitment to Xicanista rhetorics and decolonial imagination.