EDUCATION
Ph. D. (Forthcoming July, 2010), Rhetoric and Composition Studies
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Dissertation: Cross-cultural composition 2.0: (Re)Mapping Students’ Spaces in the first-year college composition courses
Committee:
Chair: Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf, Rhetoric and Writing Studies Program
Second Reader: Dr. Isabel Baca, Rhetoric and Writing Studies Program
Third Reader: Dr. Alfredo Urzua, Language and Linguistic Program
Abstract:
My dissertation “Cross-Cultural Composition 2.0: Mapping/(Re)mapping Spaces of ESL Students in First-Year College Composition Courses” examines the curricula, syllabi, course materials, pedagogy, and theories and practices of first-year composition courses. Having traced issues, I theorize cross-cultural composition 2.0 (CCC 2.0) in my dissertation, which is a construction of inclusive and democratic spaces in first-year composition courses. CCC 2.0 includes multicultural materials, Web 2.0 tools (wikis, facebook, blogs, MySpace, Google group/sites, Flickr, twitter, podcasting, and YouTube), critical pedagogy, and theories of composition studies. I incorporate these elements/theories to create spaces for varied student populations in first-year composition courses from a glocal (global and local) perspective. Hence, my dissertation aims to encourage students to constantly engage in various dialogues in a non-threatening environment to prepare them as critical, philosophical, and analytical writers/thinkers. In CCC 2.0, students not only develop cross-cultural and intercultural, or global communication skills, but they also use Web 2.0 and language as tools to create multiple truths/realities in their academic and professional writing. Consequently, my dissertation seeks to create spaces where students’ cultural rhetorics, rhetorical modes, and rhetorical strategies are validated in first-year composition courses outside of the Anglo-American rhetorical tradition to meet needs, values, and expectations of twenty-first century audience/world.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
M. A., May 2006
Rhetoric and Professional Communication
Concentrations: History of Rhetoric, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Spatial and Visual Rhetorics, Theories of Discourse, Modern Rhetorical Theories, Research and Writing in Composition, Rhetoric and Cultural Studies, Rhetoric of Science, and Intercultural Rhetoric.
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
M. A., 1998
English
Concentrations: History of English Literature and Literary Theory, Essay, Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Literary Theory, and Linguistics and Literature
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
B. A., 1994
English
Concentrations: British English Literature- Poetry, Short Story, Essay, Novel, Drama, History of English Literature, critical theory
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
B. Ed., 1990
English and Education
Concentrations: Education Psychology, Foundation of Education and Curriculum Development, English Linguistics, English Literature, and Student Teaching.
Tribhuvan University, Dhankuta, Nepal
I. Ed., 1988
English and Education
Concentrations: Education Psychology, Foundation of Education and Curriculum Development, English Linguistics, English Literature, and Student Teaching.
Board of Nepal, Nepal
S. L. C., 1984
English and Education
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Assistant Instructor, University of Teas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, Fall 2006 - present
Courses Taught:
English 3359 (Technical Writing) – 2 sections
English 3355 (Workplace Writing) – 1 section
English 1312 (Research and Critical Writing) – 1 section
English 1311 (Expository English Composition) – 4 sections
Writing Center Tutor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Fall 2004- Spring 2006
Instructor/Teaching Assistant, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Fall 2004 – Spring 2006
Courses Taught:
English 111 (Rhetoric and Composition) (5 sections)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN NEPAL
Lecturer, RR College, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fall 2000 – Spring 2004
Courses Taught:
English Language Teaching – (Graduate level) (2 sections)
History of English Literature and Criticism – (Graduate level) (2 sections)
Lecturer, F.W. Management Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fall 1998 - Spring 2004
Courses Taught:
Creative Writing – (Undergraduate) (4 sections)
History of English Literature – Drama, Poetry, and Prose (Undergraduate) (3 sections)
Language – Writing, Grammar, and Literature (Undergraduate) (3 sections)
Lecturer, Madan Bhadari Memorial College, Kathmadu, Nepal, Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
Courses Taught:
Elements of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction (2 sections)
Language – Writing, Grammar, and Literature (3 sections)
Founder Principal, National Orchid English Boarding School, Fall 2000 – Spring 2004
Assistant Principal, Jagat Mandir English Boarding High School, Spring 1996 – Spring 2000
Senior English Teacher, Pakhribas Agricultural Center School, Spring 1990- Fall 1996
English and Education Teacher, Basant High School, Tehrathum, Nepal, Spring 1989- Fall 1990
English Teacher, Krishna Middle school, Tehrathum, Nepal, Fall 1985-1989
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Pedagogy 2.0 and Multilingual Writing in Globalized World. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Louisville, Kentucky, March 2010.
Nepalese/Asian Graduate Students and Composition Studies: Issues and Concerns in the Writing Studies. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Francisco, California, March 2009.
Caste System and Identities of Indigenous People in Nepal. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), New York, March 2007.
Cross-Cultural Composition 2.0: Mapping/(Re)Mapping Spaces of Students in First-Year College Composition Courses. Rhetoric Society of America, UTEP Chapter, El Paso, April 2010.
Pedagogy 2.0: Cross-Cultural Composition Courses in the 21st Century’s Glocalized World. Symposium on Second Language Writing: The Future of Second Language Writing, Tempe, November 2009.
Intercultural Communication 2.0: Students as Cultural Ambassadors in Writing Classrooms. Second International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence, Arizona, January 2010.
Teaching Critical Writing and Mapping Spaces of Linguistic Minority Students in Composition Courses. The Fifth Annual English Graduate Student Conference, University of Texas at El Paso, February 2010.
Pedagogy of the Privileged in U.S. Academic Writing: Future of Cross-Cultural Rhetoric and Writing in the Postmodern Glocalized World. Pedagogy of Privilege Conference, University of Colorado, Denver, June 2009.
Mapping Students’ Spaces/Places in the First-Year Composition Courses: Creating Intercultural/Cross-Cultural Settings via Visual Rhetoric in Academic Writing. The International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at El Paso, February 2009.
Creating and Re-creating Minority Identities, Knowledge, and Discourse Through Visual Rhetoric (Chair). Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association
Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2009.
The 21st Century’s Glocalized World: U.S. Academic Curricula and Writing as Ecstasy or Agony. Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 2009.
Decolonizing ESL Students’ Minds in Writing: Student Voice and Resistance as Power. Nepalese Students’ Association. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 2009.
Academic Writing and Rhetoric: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Nepal and the U.S. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Reno, Nevada, October 2008.
Navigating the Labyrinth of Academic Writing in a Second Language: Successful Scholars at UTEP Reflect on their Journeys. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS
Website Analysis across Cultures: An Inquiry into Intercultural Values and Website Design. With Thatcher, Barry, Barrantes, Edgar, Dalzell, Amy, Dong, Qiumin, Ford, Christopher, Klein, Sipai. Gallagher, Rachel, and Ramirez, Lisa. Linguistic and cultural online communication issues in the global age. Ed. Kirk St. Amant. Hershey, PA: Idea group, 2007. 124-142.
Teaching Writing in the First-Year Composition Courses via Visual Image/s (Rhetoric): Mapping Students’ Spaces/Voices in Their Writing (Conference proceeding, forth coming). The International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning, University of Texas at El Paso.
IN-HOUSE PUBLICATIONS
Generation 1.5 Students and College Composition (2008) A Writing Center Manual for Tutors
Online Tutoring: Advantages, Pitfalls, and Its Possibility at the UTEP Writing Center (2008) A Manual for the Writing Center Online Tutors
WORK IN PROGRESS
Pedagogy 2.0 and Future of Composition: Mapping Students’ Spaces in Virtual and Physical Spaces
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD
President, Frontera Retorica, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Texas El Paso, 2009-2010
Area Chair, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Utah, 2009
Webmaster, Frontera Retorica, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Texas El Paso, 2007-2008
Historian, Frontera Retorica, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Texas El Paso, 2006-2007
Chairman, Limbu Culture Research and Preservation Center, Kathmandu, Nepal 2003 - 2004
Executive Member, Community Development Society, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2001 – 2004
Executive Member, Mid-North Mutual Educational Board, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Founder and Executive Member, National Orchid English Boarding High School, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2000-present
Founder Member, Madan Bhandari Memorial College, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2001-present
CURRENT ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Rhetoric Society of America
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference of College Conference and Communication
Second Language Writing
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
First-Year Composition
Advanced Composition
Technical Writing
History of Rhetoric
Workplace Writing
ESL Theories of Writing
DOCTORAL COURSE WORK
Composition Studies Dr. Helen Foster
Rhetorical History I Dr. Carol L. Clark
Rhetorical History II Dr. Beth Brunk-Chávez
Rhetoric and Technology Dr. Carlos Salinas
Advanced Critical Theory Dr. Elaine Fredericksen
Professional Development Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf/Dr. Helen Foster
Cultural and Linguistic Issues
in the Composition Classroom Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf
Teaching ESL Students in
Composition Classroom Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf
Globalization and Multilingual Students Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf
Second Language Acquisition Dr. Maria Blume
Teaching Second Language Composition Dr. Alfredo A. Urzua
Community Literacy Internship Dr. Isabel Baca
Visual Rhetoric Dr. Carlos Salinas
REFERENCES