Jessica Estep

Lecturer

Member Of:
  • Writing and Communication Program
Office Phone: 404-894-2730
Office Location: Stephen C. Hall Building, 121-124
Related Links:
Email Address: jestep8@gatech.edu

Overview

Pronunciation of Name:
Ee-step, as in "e-mail"
Personal Pronouns:
she/her

Jessica Estep joined the Writing and Communication Program as a lecturer after 13 years as a professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College. She specializes in teaching first-year and developmental writing courses, and she is currently a Governor's Teaching Fellow with the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on generative AI in the writing classroom, public rhetoric, and non-tenure-track faculty status. Estep's work has been published or is forthcoming in Pedagogy, English Journal, Peitho, and Community Literacy Journal, among others. 

Education:
  • Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Georgia State University
  • M.F.A., Creative Writing, Boston University
  • A.B., English, Harvard University
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • Governor's Teaching Fellow, 2025-2026

Interests

Teaching Interests:
Developmental and first-year writing courses
Research Interests:
Generative AI in the writing classroom, public rhetoric, non-tenure-track faculty status

Courses

  • ENGL-1101: English Composition I

Publications

Updated:  Jan 21st, 2026 at 3:04 PM