Cookie Egret, an instructor and researcher in the Department of English, specializes in the social study of science and technology, rhetoric, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice. Their research transcends disciplinary boundaries, collaborating with the interdisciplinary research group Future Organisms and pursuing NSF grants on Responsible Research and Innovation in bioengineering. Influenced by Indigenous, Black, and Queer scholars, their work integrates postcolonial and postmodern theory with experimental methodologies.

Currently, Egret is drafting a paper on science-based event methodologies, critiquing how these methods often perpetuate harm to marginalized communities and exclude voices from the discourse. Their previous work, often performance-based, blends affect with intellect to challenge hierarchical structures and hegemonic norms.

Egret holds a double major bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and cultural geography from Prescott College, AZ, and an M.A. in Writing, Rhetoric and Social Change from CSU.