Jennifer Nish

Biography

Dr. Nish's research explores the ways that rhetorical practices and power intersect, especially in the contexts of activism, digital rhetoric, and transnational relationships. Her research agenda explores questions such as: How are everyday rhetorical practices shaped by power relationships? How do people use digital media to resist oppression? What can rhetorical, transnational feminist, and activist knowledges teach us about rhetoric and social change? How can we design just and sustainable writing pedagogies and programs?

Building on the frameworks established in her 2022 book, Activist Literacies, her current work explores how transnational feminist rhetorics equip us to respond to our complex contemporary political landscape. Another strand of her research asks how people with complex chronic diseases (such as myalgic encephalomyelitis and Long Covid) build community wisdom and advocate for change in response to epistemic injustice. Finally, she is also working on several projects that focus on writing program pedagogy and administration, such as publications focused on ways to teach students information literacy or the development of writing programs' AI policies.