Translanguaging Outside the Academy: Negotiating Rhetoric and Healthcare in the Spanish Caribbean: Studies in Writing and Rhetori

Rachel Bloom-Pojar is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and a Professional Writing & Community Engagement Plan Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research interests include community literacies, rhetorics of health, feminist ethnographic research, language access, and reproductive justice. She is currently working on a project with promotores de salud (health promoters) who work with reproductive and sexual health education in Wisconsin. During the 2020-2021 academic year, she was in residency at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin to advance this research as a Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellow in their community education department with the promotores de salud program.