Siskanna Naynaha

Associate Professor of English

Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator

Director of Early Start English

Specialties: Rhetoric and Composition; Latinx and African American Rhetorics; Writing Across the Curriculum

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310.243.3359

snaynaha@csudh.edu

Siskanna Naynaha received her Ph.D. in English from Washington State University. Her research and teaching interests include Latinx and African American rhetorics, composition theory, writing center/tutoring pedagogy, and writing across the curriculum. Dr. Naynaha’s most recent presentations include “WAC/WID Programs for Dangerous Times,” which she presented at the 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication in Portland, Oregon, and “Beyond Transfer: Difference, Inclusion, and WAC/WID in the 21st Century,” presented at the 2016 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her critique of writing placement practices in higher education, “Assessment, Social Justice, and Latinxs in the U.S. Community College,” appeared in a recent special issue of College English dedicated to assessment as social justice. Dr. Naynaha teaches undergraduate composition courses, including Early Start English, and Writing Center/Tutoring Pedagogy (offered for both undergraduate and graduate credit).

Selected Recent Publications:

“Assessment, Social Justice, and Latinxs in the U.S. Community College.” College English 79.2 (2016).

Selected Recent Presentations:

“WAC/WID Programs for Dangerous Times.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). March 15-17, 2017. Portland, Oregon. 

“Beyond Transfer: Difference, Inclusion, and WAC/WID in the 21st Century.” International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. June 23-26, 2016. Ann Arbor, Michigan.