Nicole Koyuki Golden
PhD Student
Assistant Director of the Writing Center
She/Her/Hers
Email: goldenn2@msu.edu
Research Areas
Asian American Rhetorics, Cultural Rhetorics, Technical and Professional Communication, Writing Centers
Profile
Nicole Koyuki Golden is a Ph.D. student at MSU in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures department. She is also a first-generation college student, connected to various Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) communities around campus, and experienced as a WPA. Primarily, her research centers APIDA “culturing,” tactically transgressive practices, and digital community spaces. She has presented her work on APIDA communities and writing center research at several conferences, and she has published in Xchanges and The ECWCA Journal.
Education
M.A. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University
B.A. in English, Occidental College
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Future Leadership Award, International Writing Center Association
2024 Scholars for the Dream Travel Award, Conference on College Composition and Communication
2023 Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
Sample Courses Taught
WRA/ENG 395: Writing Center Theory and Practice
WRA 889: Writing Center Theory and Administration