About Me:

My name is Chandler Mordecai and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at the University of Florida, where I study and teach Digital Rhetoric, Technical Writing, Multimodal Writing, and Digital Literacy. My research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of technofeminism, digital rhetoric, and Healing Justice, focusing on articulating connections among multimodal compositions and rhetorical writing strategies on digital platforms.

My dissertation is an intersectional feminist analysis of content creators on TikTok who share content related to healing. I explore how healing practices and experiences are communicated, shared, and even complicated through the sociotechnical features and affordances of TikTok. 

My professional trajectory has been shaped by experiences as a survivor of domestic violence, a first-generation graduate student, a rural Alabamian, and raised by a single parent. My personal experiences and advocacy have shaped my commitment to creating welcoming environments for all people and especially my students.

For more information on my projects and publications, please contact me at mmordecai@ufl.edu.