Education

 

Academic/Administrative Summary

Emily Gillo is an instructor/coordinator in the English Department, serving as the departmental Marketing Manager and Event Coordinator. She maintains the department website, creates digital and print marketing materials, and manages all social media accounts. In addition to her marketing service, Ms. Gillo also teaches freshman composition and undergraduate technical communication courses online and currently serves as a member of the English Online Programs Committee and as a co-lead for UM3D's AI Community of Practice. Her research interests focus on the intersections of digital literacy and literacy crises in writing studies, online writing instruction, and EdTech surveillance studies.

Publications

• "Digital Eyes on Bodies: Analyzing Post-Roe Reproductive Surveillance." Peitho vol. 27, no. 4, January 2025. https://doi.org/10.37514/PEI-J.2024.27.1.08.
• "Review of Disobedient Aesthetics: Surveillance, Bodies, Control by Anthony Stagliano." Computers & Composition Online. June 2024. 
• "Social Media Platform Analysis." Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative's Teaching Materials Repository. June 2024. 
• "EdTech Surveillance in Online Asynchronous Courses." Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective blog post, March 2024. 
• "GenAI Platform Privacy Impact Assessment & Remediation." TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. Carly Schnitzler, Annette Vee, and Tim Laquintano, Eds. The WAC Clearinghouse, 2023. https://doi.org/10.37514/TWR-J.2024.2.1.01 

Conferences & Presentations

• Deb Talbot Summer Institute for English Educators. "Expanding the Horizons of Writing and Language Pedagogies with Generative AI Literacy: Access, Opportunities, and Practices." July 2025, Memphis, TN. 
• Deb Talbot Roundtable & UMEGO Conference "Learning from Fear." April 2025, Memphis, TN. 
• Duffy, Will and Emily Gillo. “Writing Across Boundaries: Generative AI-Driven Innovations in Pedagogy and Practice.” Central Luzon State University, Hannah W. Tibbs Writers Studio Global Expert Lecture Series. December 2024. Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
• "Analyzing the Rhetoric of Privacy Policies in the Age of Digital Media Writing." Technology in the Classroom, South Central Modern Language Association Convention. September 2024. New Orleans, Louisiana.
• "Personal Safety Online: Scams, Tracking, & Surveillance." Compose Yourself 2.0 Digital Literacy Workshop Session. March 2024, Memphis, TN. 
• "GenAI Platforms: Privacy Impact and Remediation Activity." UM3D Winter Summit: Teaching and Learning with AI Showcase. February 2024, Memphis, TN. 
• “Fostering Engagement and Community in Online Writing Courses.” Classroom Applications: Online Teaching in Technical and Professional Communication, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention. October 2023, Denver, Colorado.