Writer. Storyteller. Creator.
Janelle Gray CV
I am a passionate educator and creative. Whether creating stories of my own or inspiring students and clients to read, watch, write, and engage with interesting stories in the world, I am dedicated to encouraging continued conversations about all the history, hopes, and cultures that surround us.
Education
2021 - Present
The University of Texas at Dallas
2021 - 2023
The University of Texas at Dallas
2018 - 2021
Harvard University Extension School
2000 - 2006
Stephen F. Austin State University
PhD Literature
Est May 2025
Dissertation: Staging Ancestry: Black Theater Aesthetics
Advisor: Tiana K. Blair, Maurine Ogbaa
Project: Under the Bridge, Play
MA Literature
May 2023
ALM Creative Writing & Literature
Est May 2025
Thesis: “The Four Selves: Using Character Identity as an Engine for Plot”
Advisor: Catherine Eaton Thesis
Project: Dub City, TV series
Nominated for the Thesis Prize
BA Journalism & Spanish
August 2006
Professional Training
Graduate Teaching Certificate
The University of Texas at Dallas, 2023
Equity and Diversity Conference
University of North Texas, 2021, 2023
Social Justice Certificate
Harvard University Extension School, 2021
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certification
TEFL Org, 2014
Publications
Academic
Textbooks
Research and Argumentation within Rhetorical Foundations, Co-Author and Editor, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2024.
Textbooks (In Preparation)
Practical Rhetoric for a Technical World, Gray, Janelle, Contributor, edited by Carie King and Jason Walker, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2024.
Chapter in Edited Collection (Forthcoming)
“Magical Negroes, Black Foes, and Vanishing Victims: Blackness ‘in the wake’ of TVDU.” Demystifying Mystic Falls: Race and Racism in The Vampire Diaries Franchise, edited by Deanna Koretsky, 2025.
Creative Nonfiction
“My Fire, My Crown.” What Doesn't Kill Her: Women's Stories of Resilience, edited by Kerry Garvin and Elisabeth Sharp McKetta, H&S Books, 2021.
Non-Academic
Books
Echoes of the Struggle. All A Gray Area, 2017.
Emotional Maze. All A Gray Area, 2017.
Echoes of the Struggle Tour Guide. All A Gray Area, 2018.
Poetry Collection
Mosaic: Pieces in Poetry. All A Gray Area, 2015
Essay Collection
Unity, Equality, Accountability: The Echoes Blog Anthology. Gray, Janelle, editor, All A Gray Area, 2018.
Productions
Fully Staged
2023
2022
#voiced
Directed by Tinamarie Ivey
The University of Texas at Dallas
The Origin of Freedom
Directed by Gabrielle Kurlander
Commissioned and Produced by Bishop Arts Theater Center
RAGE
Directed by Tiana K. Blair
AT&T Performing Arts Center
Workshops
2024
2019
Under the Bridge
Directed by Janelle Gray All A Gray Area
#voiced
Directed by DR Mann Hanson The Margo Jones Theater
Film Experience
First Assistant Director
2023
2021
2020
2019
St. Clair Bites
Directed by: Natasha Paris
LunaLuz Productions & Hungry Cat Media
Nail Gun
Directed by: Eugene Hawkins
Visionline Productions
Pure Hands
Directed by: Eugene Hawkins
Bewin Productions
Catfest
Directed by: Natasha Paris
Hungry Cat Media
Red Dots
Directed by: Natasha Paris
Too Much Productions & LunaLuz Productions
2020