Dianna Winslow
Dr. Dianna Winslow received a B.A. in English Education and Theatre Arts, an M.A. in English, with a concentration in Language and Literacy, both from California State University, Chico, and a Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric from Syracuse University. For the past 20 years, Dianna has been committed to helping students build identity and community in college writing classrooms, practice rhetorical agency, and learn and develop literacy practices that will serve them in and beyond their college careers.
Dianna’s research interests include writing in general education and discipline-specific contexts, writing program administration, community-engaged approaches to teaching and research, the rhetoric of social movements, and scholarship and teaching for social change. Her teaching and research are driven by her desire to understand 1) how different communities of practice use language to communicate, build knowledge and shape identities; 2) how these language and literacy practices lead them to certain kinds of knowledge, advocacy and public or private action; and 3) how they teach, learn and evolve these practices over time.
