Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis

Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis is an Associate Professor of English at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. She is Director of the Writing Center and writing minor and is faculty in the English department. Nathalie has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition and two Masters degrees, one in Theatre, and the other in English with an emphasis in TESL. Nathalie is passionate about teaching writing and her area of expertise includes rhetorical theory and criticism, political rhetoric, the rhetoric of war, the ethics of discourse and Greek tragedy. In her research, she specializes in presidential rhetoric and draws on investigative research methods to conduct critical discourse analysis of post 9-11 public government documents. At Saint Martin’s, Nathalie teaches academic writing, journalism and creative writing. In addition to her scholarly accomplishments, she is a published poet. Nathalie is now pursuing guitar lessons in order to compose original music for the classical guitar.