Chris Atkins Jr.

Bio

Christopher Atkins Jr. is a Ph.D. student in Rhetoric and Composition at Texas Christian University, where he also earned his M.A. in English with a focus on cultural rhetorics. His research centers Black communicative practices and Hip Hop Nation Language, exploring rhetorical drift across diasporic and sacred-secular borders. His master's thesis, From Born Jamericans to Boogiemonsters, offered a multimodal rhetorical analysis of Caribbean and African American linguistic hybridity in 1990s Hip Hop. A second-generation Jamaican American and active contributor to Black digital archives, Atkins blends creative and scholarly approaches in both his research and teaching. As an Assistant Adjunct Professor at UT Arlington, he fosters inclusive, student-centered learning environments that emphasize multimodal communication, critical inquiry, and cultural awareness. His pedagogy bridges theory and practice, empowering students to explore language and identity within complex cultural contexts.