Assistant Professor

About

  • Role:

    Faculty

  • Position:

    • Assistant Professor

  • Concentration:

    • English Education

  • Department:

    • English, English Grad, English Undergrad, and University Composition Program

  • Education:

    • PhD, Curriculum and Instruction (Specialization: Reading, Language Arts, and Literacy Education), University of Houston
    • MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Houston
    • B.A., English and Ethnic Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Dr. Rosa Nam teaches courses in young adult literature, writing in the disciplines, and research methods. Her research centers on critical literacy, contemporary diverse adolescent literature, and AsianCrit in education. Before joining CSU, Dr. Nam worked with pre-service teachers in university and alternative certification programs and was a high school English teacher in Houston, TX. She is a former editor of The ALAN Review and a 2022-2024 Fellow of the Literacy Research Association's STAR (Scholars of color Transitioning into Academic Research institutions) Mentoring program. Her work has been published in Multicultural Perspectives, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and the Journal of Language & Literacy Education.

Publications

Nam, R., & Banack, A., & Lenderman, K., & Bachmann, A. (2024) What does representation look like? Race, sexuality, and intersectionality in YA graphic novels. The ALAN Review.

Nam, R. (2023). Teacher use of diverse literature in secondary English Language Arts classrooms: District barriers and resistance strategies. Study and Scrutiny, 6(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5275.2023.6.1.1-20

Nam, R. (2022). Learning the Language of Oncology with Appa. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1254

Nam, R., Lenderman, K., & Booze, E. (2022). The impact of racial socialization on DEI facilitation: A critical collaborative autoethnography among diversity, equity, and inclusion teacher-educators. Multicultural Perspectives, 24(1), 14-21. 10.1080/15210960.2022.2028156