Casie Cobos, Ph.D., Appointed Lecturer in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core
The Honors College is delighted to welcome Casie Cobos, Ph.D., who joins the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core (BIC) as a lecturer. Returning to her alma mater, Cobos (B.A. ’02), brings wide-ranging expertise that will be significantly enlisted in support of the BIC’s World of Rhetoric course sequence, a mainstay of students’ first-year studies.
“Dr. Cobos arrives to the Honors College with impeccable credentials, an M.F.A. as well a Ph.D., and I know BIC colleagues join me in anticipating the fresh thinking and exciting originality she will bring to our program’s life,” said Baylor Interdisciplinary Core Program Director Darren Middleton. “Faculty, staff, and students will appreciate her conscientiousness, her generosity with time, and her sheer intellectual energy.”
Cobos’ path as a scholar began at Baylor, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in English and first encountered Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street.
“That book opened the door for me,” Cobos reflected. “It was the first time I saw a reflection of my own community and culture in literature. It helped me recognize that the stories of Chicanas, Latinas, and Indigenous peoples weren’t just valid, but they were vital. That realization has shaped my teaching, writing, and research ever since.”
After Baylor, Cobos earned both an M.A. in English and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from McNeese State University before completing her doctorate in English at Texas A&M University, with a concentration in cultural rhetorics, writing, and critical theories. Her dissertation, Embodied Storying: A Methodology for Chican@ Rhetorics, explored how narrative, memory, and embodied knowledge can transform scholarly and cultural discourse.
Equally important to her scholarship is her teaching philosophy, which emphasizes collaboration, dialogue, and interdisciplinarity.
“What excites me most about the BIC is the way it’s intentionally designed for faculty to build together,” Cobos said. “When students see their professors actively collaborating across disciplines, they begin to recognize that history, science, literature, philosophy, and religion are not separate silos. They are interconnected ways of making sense of the world. That kind of learning not only prepares students academically; it equips them for life.”
Cobos also expressed her excitement at returning to Baylor and contributing to the community that first inspired her path as a scholar.
“To return to Baylor, where my journey began, is deeply meaningful,” she said. “I look forward to walking alongside students as they discover new ways of thinking, and I hope to help them see how their own stories matter in shaping the world around them.”
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Casie Cobos to the Baylor Honors College!