LaToya L. Sawyer
llsawyer@syr.edu
latoyasawyer.com
Education
| May 2017 (Expected) | Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric
Certificate of Advanced Study in Women and Gender Studies Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| Dissertation | “Don’t Try and Play Me Out!”: Black Women’s Digital Rhetoric
and Agency on Social Media |
| Directors: | Eileen Schell and Gwendolyn Pough |
| Committee: | Patrick Berry, Steve Parks, Adam Banks |
| 2009 | M.A. in Newspaper, Magazine, and Online Media
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1998 | B.A. in English |
| Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY |
Academic Appointments
| 2012-Present | Part-time Faculty, English Department |
| Quinnipiac University | |
| July 2013, 2014 | Instructor, Wuhan University Summer Intensive English Program |
| Wuhan University, Wuhan, China | |
| 2011-2012 | Teaching Assistant (instructor), Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition |
| Syracuse University |
Fellowships, Awards & Distinctions
College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
Syracuse University, 2015
Cultivating New Voices among Scholars of Color (CNV) Fellowship
National Council of Teachers of English, 2014-2016
College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
Syracuse University, 2013
College of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
Syracuse University, 2012
Scholar for the Dream Award
Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2012
Graduate Assistantship
Syracuse University, Writing Program, 2011-2012
Graduate Fellowship
Syracuse University, African American Studies, 2010-2011
Publications
Sawyer, LaToya L. “‘All in Together Girls…’:Black Women Make Online Community, not War, Over Beyoncé and Feminism.” Peitho. 18.1 (2015) Web.
Haddix, Marcelle and LaToya L. Sawyer. “‘I Am My Child’s First Teacher’: Black Motherhood and Homeschooling as Activism.” Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering, and the Academy. Ed. Sekile Nzinga-Johnson. Toronto: Demeter Press, 2013. 75-90. Print.
Nduati, Nyaboke, LaToya L. Sawyer, and Marcelle Haddix. “Review of Freire, Teaching, and Learning: Culture Circles Across Contexts by Mariana Souto-Manning.” Education Review. 15 (2012). http://edrev.info/reviews/rev1152.pdf
Sawyer, LaToya L. “She who Wears the Masque: Creolization in Nicki Minaj’s Performance as Rhetorical Agency.” Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture. Rutgers University Press. Under review.
To view my CV please click on the following link: LaToya Sawyer’s CV
