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Octavio Pimentel
Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition
Octavio Pimentel joined the Department of English at Texas State University San Marcos in 2005. He has taught various classes in composition including first-year composition courses, advanced composition, technical writing, and various critical graduate courses that encompass issues of minority languages and writing. Critically trained in issues of rhetoric/writing and education Dr. Pimentel combines both of these fields, while addressing critical issues of minoritized individuals.
Degrees
Pimentel, C. & Pimentel, O. (2002). Coalition pedagogy: Building bonds between instructors and students of color. In S. B. Fowler & V. Villanueva, (Eds.), Included in English studies: Learning climates that cultivate racial and ethnic diversity (pp. 23-35). VA: Stylus Publishing.
Forthcoming Publications
Pimentel, O. "Mi Pobre Guerito." Teaching Bilingual/Bicultural Children: Teachers Talk About Language and Learning. TC Press, (Summer 2008).
Johnson R. J., Pimentel, O., and Pimentel, C. "Writing New Mexico White A Critical Analysis of Early Representations of New Mexico in Technical Writing." In Business and Technical Communication (June 2008).
Pimentel, O. & Velazquez, P. "Shrek 2: An Appraisal of Mainstream Animation's Influence on Identity Construction between African American and Latinas/os" In Latinos in Education (January 2009).
Under Review
Pimentel, O. "Uncovering the White Man's Dominance in Writing Centers: Brown Cuentos (Critical Narratives) from the Margins." The Other Sides of Silence: Negotiating Race in Writing Center Discourse and Practice, edited by Laura Greenfield and Karen Rowan (2008).
Pimentel, O. . "Haciendo Lugar Para Todos (Making Room for Everyone)...Including Those Students who are Brown." Inventing Identities in Second Language Writing, edited by Michelle Cox, Jay Jordan, Christina Ortmeir-Hooper, and Gwen Gray Schwartz (2008).
Pimentel, C., Soto D. L., Pimentel, O., and Urrieta, L. "The Dual Language Dualism: Quines Ganan?". A critical critique of dual language immersion programs in the United States. Equity & Excellence in Education, National Refereed Journal (2008).
Pimentel, O. “Voces Mexicanas: What It Means to Succeed” Journal of Advanced Composition (2008).
Pimentel, O. “Pensado en el Futuro: Literacy Practices of a Latino Fraternity and the Transformation of these Skills into Academic and Professional Contexts” College Compostion and Communication Journal (2008).
Octavio Pimentel joined the Department of English at Texas State University San Marcos in 2005. He has taught various classes in composition including first-year composition courses, advanced composition, technical writing, and various critical graduate courses that encompass issues of minority languages and writing. Critically trained in issues of rhetoric/writing and education Dr. Pimentel combines both of these fields, while addressing critical issues of minoritized individuals.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Social Foundation of Education Emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Utah
- M.A., Composition Studies, California State University-Chico
- B.A., English and Spanish, California State University-Chico
- office: Flowers Hall
- office phone: 512.245.3724
- email: octavio.pimentel@txstate.edu
- Qualitative research
- Minority rhetorics and literacy practices
- ENG 5316 Topic: Composition Theory
- ENG 5300 Topic: Problems in a Multicultural Environment
Pimentel, C. & Pimentel, O. (2002). Coalition pedagogy: Building bonds between instructors and students of color. In S. B. Fowler & V. Villanueva, (Eds.), Included in English studies: Learning climates that cultivate racial and ethnic diversity (pp. 23-35). VA: Stylus Publishing.
Forthcoming Publications
Pimentel, O. "Mi Pobre Guerito." Teaching Bilingual/Bicultural Children: Teachers Talk About Language and Learning. TC Press, (Summer 2008).
Johnson R. J., Pimentel, O., and Pimentel, C. "Writing New Mexico White A Critical Analysis of Early Representations of New Mexico in Technical Writing." In Business and Technical Communication (June 2008).
Pimentel, O. & Velazquez, P. "Shrek 2: An Appraisal of Mainstream Animation's Influence on Identity Construction between African American and Latinas/os" In Latinos in Education (January 2009).
Under Review
Pimentel, O. "Uncovering the White Man's Dominance in Writing Centers: Brown Cuentos (Critical Narratives) from the Margins." The Other Sides of Silence: Negotiating Race in Writing Center Discourse and Practice, edited by Laura Greenfield and Karen Rowan (2008).
Pimentel, O. . "Haciendo Lugar Para Todos (Making Room for Everyone)...Including Those Students who are Brown." Inventing Identities in Second Language Writing, edited by Michelle Cox, Jay Jordan, Christina Ortmeir-Hooper, and Gwen Gray Schwartz (2008).
Pimentel, C., Soto D. L., Pimentel, O., and Urrieta, L. "The Dual Language Dualism: Quines Ganan?". A critical critique of dual language immersion programs in the United States. Equity & Excellence in Education, National Refereed Journal (2008).
Pimentel, O. “Voces Mexicanas: What It Means to Succeed” Journal of Advanced Composition (2008).
Pimentel, O. “Pensado en el Futuro: Literacy Practices of a Latino Fraternity and the Transformation of these Skills into Academic and Professional Contexts” College Compostion and Communication Journal (2008).