
Brief Biography
Dr. Mendoza's previous research in English/Rhetoric Studies has focused on development of critical pedagogy through a foundation of rhetoric methodology examining contemporary Chicana/o/x art practices, post-dictatorship Latin American literature/film, and post-WWII North American Speculative Fiction, as sources of aesthetic rhetoric from which to develop critical teaching. His current research expands on this work, combining these fields in a hemispheric, Indigenous-centered analysis of speculative works of the Americas that employ allegory poetics as transformative mechanisms of aesthetic rhetoric. Before coming to CSUN, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies at East Los Angeles College, where he taught since 2009.
Education
- Ph.D. English 2017, U.C. Riverside
- M.A. Chicana/o Studies 2008, California State University, Northridge
- B.A. English (American Lit) 1990, University of Southern California
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