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Faculty Member

Estée Crenshaw

Biography

My scholarly interests include rhetorical theory, the history of rhetoric, literary theory, and poetics. My current research focuses on waka poetry as a rhetorical practice in early Japan.

Education

PhD, University of Utah, 2023

Major: Writing and Rhetoric Studies

MFA, Brigham Young University, 2016

Major: Creative Writing

BA, Brigham Young University, 2014

Major: English

Teaching

ENGL 3090

Academic Writing for English Majors, Spring 2026

ENGL 2600

Critical Introduction to Literature, Spring 2026

ENGL 1010

Introduction to Academic Writing, Spring 2026

ENGL 3010

Rhetorical Theory, Spring 2026

Presentations

Crenshaw, Estee , ASHR Symposium, "Beginnings of Japanese Rhetoric_ The Panegyric Poetry of Hitomaro", Rhetoric Society of America, Portland, OR. (May 21, 2026)
Crenshaw, Estee , The Twenty-Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR) , "Kotodama (Word-Spirit) in Premodern Song and Ritual", The International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (July 22, 2025)
Crenshaw, Estee , Waka et al, "Theorizing Japanese Rhetoric_ Waka and the Epideictic Tradition", Stanford University & Waseda University, Stanford University. (May 2, 2025)
Crenshaw, Estee (Presenter & Author), Writing Education Across Borders (WEAB), "Poison, Remedy, Scapegoat?: AI as pharmakon in the writing classroom and the ongoing fear of language out of context", University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. (September 20, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Crenshaw, Estee , (2025) "The Rhetoricity of Poetic Dialogues (Zōtōka) in Heian Japan" (Issue: 1, vol. 28). University Park, PA: Journal for the History of Rhetoric. https://doi.org/10.5325/jhistrhetoric.28.1.0049