Elias Dominguez Barajas
About
Dr. Elias Dominguez Barajas is the Director of the College Composition Program at Florida State University since May of 2019. He is also an Associate Professor in the English department where he teaches courses in composition pedagogy, ethnography of communication, discourse studies, and literacy studies. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s program in Language, Literacy & Rhetoric in 2002, and his scholarly trajectory has always been marked by an interdisciplinary research agenda—one that acknowledges the importance of relating language-centered research with educational and social concerns.
Paremiology; Discursive Practices; Oral Traditions / Verbal Art; Literacy Practices; Intercultural and Intracultural Communication
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. The Function of Proverbs in Discourse: The Case of a Mexican Transnational Social Network. 1st ed., Mouton de Gruyter, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110224894.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Writing for Perspective: A Case Study of Literacy Practices and Personal Agency among Latinos/Latinas in Northwest Arkansas.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 76, no. 4, June 2025, pp. 567–96. https://doi.org/10.58680/ccc2025764567.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Language and Creativity, Theoretical Aspects of: Proverbs.” The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology, vol. 2, edited by James Stanlaw, Wiley-Blackwell, 2021, pp. 814-818. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786093.iela0191.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Proverbs” The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology, vol. 4, edited by James Stanlaw, Wiley-Blackwell, 2021, pp. 1645-1648. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786093.iela0327.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Crafting a Composition Pedagogy with Latino Students in Mind.” Composition Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, Sept. 2017, pp. 216–18.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Proverbs in the Academy: A Folklore Studies Activity for the Writing Classroom.” Journal of American Folklore, vol. 130, no. 517, July 2017, pp. 335-352. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.130.517.0335.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Learning from Mistakes: Using Audio Recorded Transcription Errors to Probe the Sociocognitive Paradigm in Language Processing.” Discourse Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, June 2015, pp. 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445615571196.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “The Postmodern Ethnic Condition in Ernesto Quiñonez’s Bodega Dreams.” Latino Studies, vol. 12, no.1, Mar, 2014, pp. 7-26. https://doi.org/10.1057/lst.2014.2.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Parallels in Academic and Non-Academic Discursive Styles: An Analysis of a Mexican Woman’s Narrative Performance.” Written Communication, vol. 24, no.2, Apr. 2007, pp. 140-167. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741088306298731.
- Domínguez Barajas, Elías. “Sociocognitive Aspects of Proverb Use in a Mexican Transnational Social Network.” Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, edited by Marcia Farr, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005, pp. 67-95.
- Farr, Marcia, and Elías Domínguez Barajas. “Mexicanos in Chicago: Language Ideology and Identity.” Building on Strength: Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities, edited by Ana Celia Zentella, Teachers College Press, 2005, pp. 46-59.
- Farr, Marcia, and Elías Domínguez Barajas. “Introduction: Latinos, Language and Identity at Home, School, Church, and Work.” Latino Language and Literacy in Ethnolinguistic Chicago, edited by Marcia Farr, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005, pp. 3-32.
- Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community & The Family Institute's Community Research Award, University of Arkansas, 2015.