Faculty Profiles

Dr. Lauren Carroll Brentnell

PhD in Rhetoric and Writing

Cultural Rhetorics

Michigan State University, 2019

MA in English

Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy

Univ of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2015

BA in English

Univ of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2012

BA in Political Science and Psychology

Minor: French

Univ of Oklahoma Norman Campus, 2012

Wilson, Nancy A (Co-Principal), Micke, Sarah Elizabeth Hart (Co-Principal), Brentnell, Lauren Carroll (Co-Principal). Student Success Funding Award, Division of Student Success, Texas State University, $46000. (Submitted: January 2026, Funded: 2026 - 2027). Grant.
Micke, Sarah Elizabeth Hart, Brentnell, Lauren Carroll, Hubbard, Julia Ashland, Agugom, Michael Ndubuisi. Student Success Innovation Grant, Texas State University, $5000. (Submitted: May 2026). Grant.
Collins, Joanna Kay (Co-Principal), Brentnell, Lauren Carroll (Co-Principal), Pipper, Camrie (Supporting). Academic Computing Committee (ACC) Grant, Division of Information Technology, Texas State University, $13460.75. (Submitted: January 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
Wilson, Nancy A (Co-Principal), Collins, Joanna (Co-Principal), Pipper, Camrie (Supporting), Brentnell, Lauren Carroll (Co-Principal). Student Success Funding Award, Division of Student Success, Texas State University, $43451. (Submitted: January 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
Brentnell, Lauren Carroll. UNC OER & Affordable Course Materials Instructor Grants, University of Northern Colorado, Institutional (Higher Ed), $1000. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.

Dixon, E., Robinson-Zetzer, R., & Brentnell, L. C. (n.d.). Rigorous Kindness: Implementing Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the FYC Classroom and Beyond. Composition Studies.
Brentnell, L. C. (n.d.). Paper Cuts: On Researching Trauma and Surviving the University. In Mental Health in Writing Programs: Breaking the Silence. Utah State University Press.
Arellano, S., & Brentnell, L. C. (Eds.). (2022). A Constellation of Crises: Teaching with Technology During COVID. Constellations: A Cultural Rhetorics Publishing Space. Retrieved from https://constell8cr.com/issue-5/a-constellation-of-crises-teaching-with-technology-during-covid/
Brentnell, L. C., Dixon, E., & Robinson, R. (2022). Crybabies in the Writing Center: Storying Affect and Emotion. In Affect & Emotion in the Writing Center.
Brentnell, L. C. (2021). When Discomfort Becomes Panic: Doing Research in Trauma as a Survivor. In Our Body of Work: Embodied Teaching and Administration in Writing Studies. Utah State University Press.

Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Online Teaching Award, Runner-up, Texas State University. 2023
Award / Honor Recipient: Phi Betta Kappa. 2008 - 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Oklahoma State Regents Academic Scholarship, Oklahoma State Regents. August 2008 - May 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: OU Foundation Scholarship, OU Foundation. August 2008 - May 2012
Award / Honor Recipient: Sooner Heritage Scholarship, Sooner Heritage. August 2008 - May 2012