Codi Renee Blackmon

Codi Renee Blackmon serves as a Lecturer in the University Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University, teaching academic and technical writing after previously instructing at the University of Tampa and East Carolina University, where she earned the Bertie Fearing Award for Excellence in Teaching by GTAs.

Her academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication from East Carolina University complemented by graduate certificates in Racial Equity and Professional Communication:

• Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication (East Carolina University)
• Graduate Certificate in Racial Equity (East Carolina University)
• Graduate Certificate in Professional Communication (East Carolina University)

Dr. Blackmon's research centers on dismantling systemic inequities in communication spaces, particularly examining how Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and Women of Color navigate white-dominant digital recovery environments. She develops ethical frameworks for technical and professional communication while advancing anti-racist pedagogy and culturally responsive practices across academic and community contexts through intersectional scholarship in rhetoric and writing studies.

Her distinguished contributions have garnered significant recognition:

• CPTSC Diversity Scholarship
• CPTSC Graduate Research Award
• ATTW Graduate Research Award
• Bertie Fearing Award for Excellence in Teaching by GTAs

Dr. Blackmon directs impactful service initiatives including the "GSI Institute on Race and Ethnicity" which delivers antiracist training to graduate student instructors at predominantly white institutions. She holds leadership roles on the Conference on College Composition and Communication's Accountability for Equity and Inclusion Committee and facilitates identity-based recovery groups through the SHE RECOVERS® Foundation, demonstrating sustained commitment to transformative educational practices and community healing.