Rachael Graham Lussos

Rachael Graham Lussos is a Lecturer in the Department of English at George Mason University, specializing in medical rhetoric, health communication, and multimodal composition. Her work bridges technical writing pedagogy with advocacy, focusing on quantification practices in chronic pain discourse, sexual assault reporting, and digital activism.

• PhD in Writing and Rhetoric, George Mason University
• MFA in Creative Writing, George Mason University
• Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing & Rhetoric, George Mason University

Lussos’s research examines how data visualization and statistical narratives shape public understanding of complex issues. She explores the rhetorical agency of Twitter bots in social justice movements and analyzes institutional communication around campus sexual assault.

Her scholarship spans interdisciplinary fields including medical humanities, digital rhetoric, and technical communication. Notable contributions include studies on opioid crisis discourse, kairotic timing in healthcare, and ethical implications of drug testing protocols.

• Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (2019)

Lussos has taught courses on proposal writing, digital writing assignments, and multilingual composition. Her work integrates computational methods with rhetorical theory, challenging traditional frameworks in both healthcare and pedagogical contexts.