In honor of National Hispanic History Month, Dr. Victor Villanueva, a Regents Professor and Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts at Washington State University, will be the University of Southern Indiana’s featured speaker at 6 p.m. September 24, in Carter Hall, in University Center West. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Villanueva is the author, editor, or co-editor of eight books and nearly 50 articles or chapters in books. Among his list of award winning books, Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader, is one of the top books for training of English teachers of writing in the United States and abroad. His area of interest is the connection between language and racism.
Having delivered hundreds of talks nationally and internationally, he has received numerous awards including Rhetorician of the Year in 1999 and the Exemplar Award in 2008 for his discipline, rhetoric and composition. Dr. Villanueva also has served as the head of the national organization for Rhetoric and Writing studies along with the Conference on College Composition and Communication, from 1997 to 2000.
For information on USI Hispanic History Month programs, call Pamela Hopson, director of USI’s Multicultural Center at 812-465-7188.
