Mais T. Al-Khateeb
Assistant Professor
WMS 222D
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Transnational Feminisms, Feminist Phenomenology, New Materialism, Posthumanism, Disability Studies, Studies of Science and Technology, Health and Medicine
Mais T. Al-Khateeb, Assistant Professor, holds a PhD and MA in Rhetoric and Professional Communication from New Mexico State University and a BA in English Language and Literature from Al al-Bayt University. Dr. Al-Khateeb’s research and teaching engage 20th and 21st centuries contemporary rhetorical theory from a transnational feminist perspective. She theorizes local/global encounters within the rhetorics of crisis with a focus on refugees, embodiment, and mobilities. Dr. Al-Khateeb’s in-progress monograph tracks refugee screening rhetorics to examine how they materialize and shape refugee encounters in different geopolitical contexts.
Published Articles and Book Chapters
- Al-Khateeb, Mais T., Sweta Baniya, Rebecca Dingo, and Jennifer Nish. “Transnational Feminist Rhetorical Solidarities in the Viral Circulations of the LasTesis and Jina Movements.” In The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Feminist Rhetoric, edited by Jacqueline Rhodes and Suban Nur Cooley. (Forthcoming December 2024)
- Al-Khateeb, Mais T. “Marking the Boundaries of Care in/and Definitions of Refugee Medical Encounters.” Peitho, vol. 26, no. 3, 2024, pp. 10-36.
- Al-Khateeb, Mais T. “Toward a Rhetorical Account of Refugee Encounters: Biometric Screening Technologies and Failed Promises of Mobility.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 1, 2021, pp. 15-26.
- Patti Wojahn, Beth Brunk-Chavez, Kate Mangelsdorf, Mais T. Al-Khateeb, Karen Tellez-Trujillo, Laurie Churchill, Cathilia Flores. “When the First Language You Hear is Not English: Challenges of Language Minority College Composition Students.” In Transitions and Disruptions: Resident Multilingual Students Writing in High Schools, Vocational Schools, and Colleges, edited by Christina Ortmeier Hooper and Todd Ruecker, Routledge, 2016, pp.173-188.
In-Progress Books
- Al-Khateeb, Mais T. Rhetorics of Encounter and Touch. Single Author.
- Walzer, Belinda, Mais T. Al-Khateeb, Jennifer Nish, and Sweta Baniya. (Re)Mobilizing Solidarity in/and Transnational Feminist Rhetorics. Co-editor.
Research Grants and Fellowships
- FSU First-Year Assistant Professor Award. $20,000, 2023. PI.
- Faculty Research Fellowship. The Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities (CSGS). California State University, Los Angeles, 2020. Research Fellow.