Bio
Shaya Kraut is a PhD student in the Rhetoric & Professional Communication (RPC) program and a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the English Department. She studied Rhetoric & Writing and Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at St. Cloud State University (SCSU). She has taught first-year writing and a variety of ESL classes including English for Academic Purposes Reading/Writing. She was also a tutor in the SCSU Writing Center and a teacher/tutor for St. Cloud Adult Basic Education. Her research interests include social movement rhetoric, rhetoric of agriculture and food systems, and critical discourse analysis. In addition to academic work, she loves gardening and spending time in nature.