Dr. Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Diné, is a full-time instructor in the Writers' Studio in the School of Applied Sciences and Arts at ASU. She is from the community of Goat Springs, Arizona, within the town of Teec Nos Pos on the Navajo Nation. She holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Writing from the University of New Mexico (UNM); an M.A. in Rhetoric, Writing, & Digital Media Studies from Northern Arizona University; and a B.A. in Print Journalism from UNM. She co-authored the article "This is a Viral Story about Viral Stories: Image and Graphical Power in COVID Communication in the Navajo Nation" with Julianne Newmark and Joseph Bartolotta which published in the Global Rhetorics of Science edited by Lynda C. Olman (published September 2023). Dr. Clahchischiligi is also a multi-award-winning journalist and board member for the Indigenous Journalist Association (formerly the Native American Journalists Association). Her areas of research include: storytelling as pedagogy, multimodal composition, online composition, Diné Rhetoric, Indigenous Rhetoric, digital storytelling in composition and journalism, Rhetoric and Media Studies, and Indigenous Journalism.
Education
Ph.D., English - Rhetoric & Writing, University of New Mexico. M.A., Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies, Northern Arizona University. B.A., Print Journalism and Mass Communication, University of New Mexico.
