A woman with long brown hair and glasses stands outdoors on a path, wearing a black shirt and patterned earrings. Trees and greenery are blurred in the background.

Professor Elissa Washuta

Elissa Washuta is an associate professor of English at The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. 


Articles by Professor Elissa Washuta

A woman with long brown hair, glasses, and earrings stands outdoors in a black shirt. Beside her is the book cover for White Magic by Elissa Washuta, featuring repeated white and yellow text on a spiral black background.
Educational CensorshipU.S. Free Expression
Wednesday January 7

Snapshots of Censorship: Where we are and what we know

“Treating certain facts as though they are partisan stances undermines our mission of public education in Ohio.”