Victor Villanueva

Victor Villanueva
Born1948 (age 75–76)
New York City, U.S.
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Washington
Academic work
DisciplineComposition studies; rhetoric
InstitutionsWashington State University

Victor Villanueva (born 1948) is an American academic and scholar in rhetoric and composition studies, serving the role of Regents Professor Emeritus at Washington State University. Villanueva was awarded NCTE's David Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his groundbreaking book Bootstraps, From an American Academic of Color.[1][2][3] In 2009, Villanueva was the recipient of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Exemplar's Award.[4][5] Villanueva has written and edited a number of significant works on the topic of race, rhetoric, basic writing, and the social and political contexts of literacy education.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "CF 25: Interview with Victor Villanueva by Ellen M. Gil-Gómez". compositionforum.com. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Victor Villanueva | English | Washington State University". Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "CCCC Exemplar Award". Conference on College Composition and Communication. June 6, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Villanueva, Victor (2010). "2009 CCCC Exemplar Award Acceptance Speech". College Composition and Communication. 61 (3): 581–82. doi:10.58680/ccc20109961.