Lecturer
Contact
100 Bay State Rd (YAW), room 310
Education
2025 Ph.D. Wayne State University (Rhetoric and Writing Studies)
2020 PGDip. Valley View University (English Education)
2015 M.Phil. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (English)
2009 B.A. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (English)
Class Information
Dr. Issah teaches a WR 120 course called Linguistic Justice via Ubuntu in the Fall. He draws on the African philosophical concept of Ubuntu (loosely translated as “humanity to others”) to explore ways of creating a more inclusive and equitable composition classroom. In Spring 2026, he will be teaching a WR 151 course titled Speaking Out for Change. This course inquires into how our fast-growing world drowns minority voices. By taking up themes such as community building, social justice, civic empowerment, antiracism, and respect for difference, students will explore how language can be used as a tool for problem solving.
Biography
Born and raised in Tamale, Ghana, Dr. Issah considers himself a global citizen. Apart from his native country of Ghana, he has taught English language and literature in Togo and Burkina Faso. Prior to coming to the United States, he was a high school teacher and a university lecturer in Ghana for a combined total of sixteen years. Dr. Issah comes to BU from Wayne State University, where he taught introductory college composition, intermediate writing, technical communication, and rhetorical theory. He is currently working with two other colleagues on an edited collection titled Globalizing Ubuntu in Rhetorical Discourse and Pedagogy: Theory, Methods, and Practice. This book project will be published by the University of South Carolina Press. Dr. Issah is married to Gifty, and together they have three adorable children: Abigail, Zipporah, and Caleb. He likes to spend a lot of time with his family as well as travel and cook.