Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq

Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq, Assistant Professor, Professional and Technical Writing

_{Department of English

223 Shanks Hall

181 Turner St. NW

Blacksburg, VA 24061

cana@vt.edu

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Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq (she/they) is an assistant professor of professional and technical writing at Virginia Tech. As a technical communication and rhetoric scholar, their research combines the digital humanities, data analysis, critical race theory, and Indigenous knowledges to investigate the intersections of identity, science/technology/medicine, colonialism, and culture in order to effectively reveal how mainstream academic, institutional, and societal practice often perpetuates the marginalization of underrepresented scholars and communities. They use theory and data to develop effective methods that equip others to do respectful research and social justice work in technical communication and other disciplines.

Principal Areas of Research Focus

Technical and Professional Communication
Cultural Rhetorics
Indigenous Rhetorics
Decolonial Methodologies
Arctic Research
Respectful Research

Education

PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, Utah State University
MA in Communication, Media, and Persuasion, Idaho State University
ALB in Environmental Studies, Harvard Extension School

Professional Roles

Steering Committee Member, Caleb Scholars Program
Author, National Climate Assessment 5 (NCA5), Alaska Chapter
Editorial Board Member, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, & Pedagogy
Editorial Board Member, Communication Design Quarterly

Publications

Journal Articles

Itchuaqiyaq, C.U., & Matheson, B. (2021). Decolonizing Decoloniality: Considering the (Mis)use of Decolonial Frameworks in TPC scholarship. Communication Design Quarterly, 9(1), 20-31.

Itchuaqiyaq, C. U., & Matheson, B. (2021). Decolonial Dinners: Ethical Consideration of Decolonial Metaphors in TPC Scholarship. Technical Communication Quarterly 30(3), 298-310.

Itchuaqiyaq, C. U., Edenfield, A. C., & Grant-Davie, K. (2021). Sex Work and Professional Risk Communication: Keeping Safe on the Streets. Journal of Business and Technical Communication.

Itchuaqiyaq, C. U., Ranade, N., & Walton, R. (2021). Theory to Query: Developing a Corpus-Analysis Method Using Computer Programming and Human Analysis. Technical Communication 68(3), 7-28.

Book Chapters

Itchuaqiyaq, C. U. (2021). Iñupiat Iḷitqusiat: An Indigenist Ethics Approach for Working with Marginalized Knowledges in Technical Communication. In R. Walton & G. Agboka (Eds.), Equipping Technical Communicators for Social Justice Work: Theories, Methodologies, and Pedagogies. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, pp. 33-48.

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