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Sherwin Kawahakui Ranchez Sales
Assistant Professor & Writing Center Director
Contact Information: ssales2@csudh.edu
Specialties: writing center theory; rhetoric and composition; Asian American and Pacific Islander rhetorics
Sherwin Kawahakui Ranchez Sales received his Ph.D. in English from Washington State University. His research interests include writing center studies, composition theory, antiracist pedagogies, and Asian American and Pacific Islander discourses. Dr. Sales鈥� work aims to center discussion of race, particularly as they concern Asian American and Pacific Islanders, and to call greater attention to the racial experiences that accompany such identities. He has contributed to journals such as Rhetoric Review, College Composition and Communication, Xchanges, and The Peer Review.
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Selected Recent Publications
鈥淐reating Space: Cultivating Identities 鈥極utside鈥� Academia.鈥� In 鈥淪ymposium: Diversity is Not Enough: Mentorship and Community Building as Antiracist Praxis,鈥� edited by Ersula Ore, Kimberly Wieser, and Christina Cedillo. Rhetoric Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (2021)
The Difference BIPOC Mentorship Makes in the Academy.鈥� In 鈥淪ymposium 鈥� Diversity is not Justice: Working Toward Radical Transformation and Racial Equity in the Discipline,鈥� edited by Ersula Ore, Kimberly Wieser, and Christina Cedillo. College Composition and Communication, vol. 72, no. 4 (2021)
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Selected Recent Presentations
鈥淭he Present is not Devoid from the Past: Bringing AAPI History into the Writing Center鈥� Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention (April 2024)
鈥淏old Uncertainty: Discomfort in the Writing Center as a Catalyst for Growth and Transformation鈥� International Writing Centers Association Annual Conference (October 2022)
鈥淣ot So 鈥楽ubtle Asian Traits鈥�: Examining the Fluidity of Asian Diasporic Identity through Digital Media鈥� Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention (April 2022)
鈥淪tepping into the Circle: Navigating Rhetorical Awareness in Bboy/Bgirl Culture and Composition鈥� Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention (March 2019)听听