Papers, Presentations

INVITED PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS

INTERNATIONAL VENUES

  1. Workshop: “Citation as an Intellectual Skill Set: Reading to Cite Effectively and Citing to Advance Your Intellectual Position,” a 2-workshop, module-based training for 80 scholars across Nepal, May 10&17, 2024.
  2. Workshop: “Taking Your Intellectual Position: Doing Research with a Purpose and Motivation,” with Rafael Espinoza, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 17, 2023.  
  3. Workshop: “Diversifying Classroom Activities,” STAR Scholars Argentina, with Marina Falasca, Aug. 2023.
  4. Talk: “Linguistic and Epistemic Justice in Postcolonial South Asia,” State University of Dhaka Special Lecture Series, in collaboration with TESOL Bangladesh, Virtual, September 2023.
  5. Workshop: “Post-Pandemic Pedagogy: Lessons Learned in Online and Onsite Teaching,” Dhankuta Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, Virtual, July 2023. 
  6. Workshop: “Using Writing, Doing Writing: How to Complete a Brilliant Thesis on Time,” Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 3, 2023. 
  7. Workshop: “Advancing Enrooted Knowledge: Writing for International Publication in English,” Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 7, 2023. 
  8. Talk: “(Academic) Literacies in the University of Nepal Curriculum,” a discussion for the university development board of a proposed public university, the University of Nepal, September 2022. 
  9. Video session: BINUS University Scholars for Sustainable Development, Institutional Training Model, facilitated by Prof. Lea Simek, Binus University, Indonesia, September, 2023. 
  10. 2-day training/workshop: “Multidimensional Professional Development Training & Workshop,” Hotel Yellow Pagoda, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 30-31, 2022. 
  11. Workshop: “Policy Communication as Communicating Specialized Issues with General/Mixed Audiences,” Center for Policy Communication, Kathmandu University, Nepal, Virtual, April 2022. 
  12. Modular faculty writing support (virtual, Aug. 2020-Mar. 2021), Trained a hundred scholars from across Nepal to conduct empirical research and write a journal article each. 
  13. Workshop: “Teaching Yourself: Writing the Research Proposal,” a hands-on session for physicists, Nepalese Association of Physicists in America, virtual, October 2020. 
  14. Plenary Session: “Beyond English: Models for Advancing and Applying Knowledge for Social Impact.” International Conference on Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces. Dhaka, Bangladesh, Virtual, September 2021.
  15. “Critical perspectives”: Concluding remarks for faculty training for teaching online, organized by a grassroots community of Tribhuvan University, Nepal (also supported as facilitator of the 2 week program that trained 700+ faculty members), Virtual & onsite, Summer 2020.  
  16. “Special commentary” (keynote), Embracing the Chaos, King’s College, Nepal, April 2020. 
  17. Faculty discussion: “Addressing the Challenges of Teaching Online.” North South University, Dhaka Bangladesh, Virtual, May 2020. 
  18. Keynote, “Leveraging Agency: Using Technology, Writing, and Research to Drive Educational Transformation.” Kathmandu Model College, Nepal (2019), with Cynthia Davidson and MaryAnn Duffy (also presented at Northsouth University, Bangladesh the following week) 
  19. Workshop: “Co-Creating a Faculty Development Framework,” Little Angels’ College, Nepal (with Krishna Bista) (June 2019).
  20. Workshop: Effective professional communication, for top management officials at East Coast Group, May 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
  21. Keynote, “Academic Support for Enhancing Student Learning.” Summer Summit on Semester-Based Teaching/Learning, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2018)
  22. Keynote, “Academic Support for Enhancing Student Learning.” North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018)
  23. Workshop: “Advancing Research,” Kathmandu Model College, Nepal (2018, 2019) 
  24. Workshop: “Pursuing Research with a Purpose,” Kathmandu University, Nepal (2018)
  25. 2-day Workshops: Course Planning, Kathmandu Model College, Nepal (May 2019).
  26. 2-day Workshops: Teaching, Research Excellence, and Student Support, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018, 2019)
  27. 2-day Workshops: Writing for Social Justice, Dalit Reader, Butwal, Nepal, June 2019. 
  28. 2-day Workshops: Semester-Based Teaching, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (May 2019)
  29. Workshop: “Writing for Social Justice: Countering Unequal Structures of Knowledge Production,” Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, Nepal (June 2019)
  30. 2-day Workshops: Semester-Based Teaching, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (May 2018)
  31. Workshop: “Working with Sources: Strategies for Developing & Sustaining Your Research Agenda,”
    with Drs. Gene Hammond & Santosh Khadka, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, (Aug. 2016)
  32. Workshop: “Writing Effective Grants,” North South University (May 2018)
  33. Talk: “Get Inspired.” United States Education Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal (Aug. 2016) 
  34. Talk: “Get Inspired.” United States Education Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal (June 2018)
  35. Talk: “Get Inspired.” United States Education Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal (June 2019)
  36. Keynote: “Making Transformations: Growing by Giving.” Transformations: An Educational Summit. Midwestern University, Surkhet, Nepal (July 2016) 
  37. Featured Paper: “Translanguaging Done in Hiding.” Writing Education Across Borders, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China (May 2016)
  38. Webinar Series: “Connected Learning,” sponsored by National Writing Project for an international audience, co-facilitated with Maha Bali (American University of Cairo, Egypt), 4 sessions (Aug. 2015)
  39. Talk: “Beyond Binaries: Teaching as Lifelong Learning.” Kings College, Kathmandu, Nepal, (Aug. 2016)
  40. Talk: “Developing Your Research Agenda.” Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal, (Aug. 2016)

NATIONAL VENUES

  1. Panel: “Academic Writing for the World,” with Leonard Cassuto, April 11, 2024.
  2. Panel: Ethical AI Summit (an academia-industry event), Los Angeles, February 2024.
  3. Lecture: “Moving in the Right Direction: Language Justice in Academia and Beyond.” Washington State University, Virtual, April 2023.
  4. Public Lecture: “Transcending Monolingual Worldviews: Magnifying the Impact of Knowledge in Academe and Society” Cornell University, March 2022. 
  5. Workshop: Cornell University, “Strategies for Multiplying the Impacts of Scholarship” March 2022. 
  6. Virtual Discussion: Grad Student Success, with Peter Krause, Princeton University, Virtual, April 2022.  
  7. Talk (for faculty): “Nodes of Kindness: Attracting, Retaining, and Supporting International Students,” University of Louisville, facilitated during a visit as Graduate Alumni Fellow awardee, October 2021.
  8. Workshop (for students): “Leveraging Opportunities as Graduate Students and Beyond,” University of Louisville, facilitated during a visit as Graduate Alumni Fellow awardee, October 2021. 
  9. Talk + workshop: “Locating Ourselves: Enhancing the Ecology of Support for Multilingual Students.” Supporting Linguistic Diversity (part of a Mellon Foundation Grant talk series), University of Massachusetts at Amherst, March 2020. 
  10. Workshop: Internationalization of curriculum, Morgan State University, Md. (with M. Shamsuzzaman), November, 2019.
  11. Book talk: Writing Support for International Graduate Students. Morgan State University, March 2019.
  12. Paper: “Reflective Encounters: Beyond the Profile of Chinese Students.” Thematic session: “Far Beyond Recruitment: Understand Chinese Students and Helping Them Succeed,” organized by SBU Global Affairs Office and Association of International Education Administrators, Apr. 12, 2017. 
  13. Lecture: “The Place of Writing Education in ELT: A Case for Nepal.” Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association, Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 13, 2016. 
  14. Talk: “Multimedia Across Cultural Borders.” Digital Media and Composition summer institute, 2015, Ohio State University, Ohio, May 20, 2015. 
  15. Dozen+ Workshops/Talks given during research visits (2014-16), on topics like the following: 
  • Effective Practices in Graduate Writing Support (talks/focus groups): Pennsylvania State University (12/12/2015); California State U. Northridge (2/11/2016); U. of Louisville (4/2/2015); U. of Louisiana Monroe (1/20/2016). 
  • Reading Strategically in Graduate School (workshops): Cornell U. (2/20/2015); U. of Louisville (4/2/2015);
    U. of Florida (11/12/2014); California State U. Northridge (2/11/2016). 
  • Effective Writing Strategies for Graduate Level Writing (workshops): Ohio State U. (5/22/2016). 
  • Communicating Specialized Knowledge (workshops): U. of Florida (3/23/2015); Penn State U. (12/10/2015). 
  • Getting Published: Process & Dynamics (talk): U. of Florida (11/6/2014). 
  • Striving for Originality (workshop): Ohio State U. (5/21/2016). 

REGIONAL VENUES

  • Workshop, “AI-Assisted Writing-Intensive Assignments: Harnessing Potential & Tackling Pitfalls of AI Use by Students in Disciplinary Writing,” with Cynthia Davidson (Stony Brook) and Michael Murphy (Oswego), May 22, 2024. 
  • Discussion: FACT2 Webinar Series on Inclusive Teaching, SUNY, Virtual, April 2023. 
  • Panel: “Giving Students the Tools for Success Access Information,” Panel series on inclusive education, SUNY, Virtual, April 2023. 
  • Panel: Discussion on AI and ChatGPT, Faculty Development Day, SUNY Delhi, Virtual, May 2023.
  • Workshop: “Supporting Linguistic Diversity.” University of Massachusetts at Amherst, spring 2020 
  • Talk: Farmingdale, Writing in the Disciplines. 2019
  • Workshop: Farmingdale, Pedagogical Strategies for Writing in the Disciplines. 2019
  • Workshop: “Strategies for Academic and Professional Success: A workshop for International Graduate Students,” Fordham University, New York, October 2019. 
  • Talk: “Making Learning Accessible: Teaching Strategies for Helping ‘Multilingual’ Students Transition to and Succeed in College.” (part of a Mellon Foundation Grant talk series), Queens College, CUNY, New York, Feb. 28, 2017. 
  • Workshop: “Streamlining Writing,” a full-day event focusing on writing concisely, for Editors of Cell Biology journals, Cambridge, Boston, Oct. 2016. 
  • Talk: “Writing Studies and Writing-Intensive Pedagogy Across the Curriculum.” Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 17, 2016. 
  • Roundtable (led discussion with provost and eight deans of Tribhuvan University): “Implementing and Improving the System in Nepal.” Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 15, 2016. 
  • Talk: “Toward a System of Agents and Advocates: Theorizing a Paradigm Shift in Graduate-Level Writing Support for International Students.” Migration Study Project, Penn State University, Dec. 9, 2015. 
  • Workshop: 3-hour writing session for scientists, with Dr. Kristina Lucenko, at Scientific Writing Retreat, organized by Alda Center for Communicating Science, Cold Spring Harbor National Lab, NY, Dec. 4, 2015. 

PAPERS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. Panel (with Xiaoye You and Amber Engelson): “Against Bot Writing, Bogus Studies, and Bean Counting: Advancing Writing Education for Greater Epistemic Justice,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Spokane, Washington, April 2024. (*This is the 15th time in a row that my paper/panel has been accepted for presentation at this flagship conference of my discipline.)
  2. “Rethinking the Rules of Research,” UNESCO Chair and University of Vigo, STAR Scholars Annual Conference, Vigo, Spain, Oct. 11-12, 2023. (talk & discussion)
  3. “Fostering Language Justice in Higher Education,” co-presented with Loredana Polezzi, International Association of World Englishes Conference 2023, Stony Brook, July 2023. 
  4. Panel (led, presented with Saurabh Anand): “From Right to Responsibility: Implications for the Global North and Beyond.” Righting Scholars Within and Beyond Borders. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, February 2023. 
  5. “Interrogating ‘Multilingual’ English and ‘Transnational’ Western Epistemology.” Decolonizing Rhetoric and Writing: Asian and Asian American Perspectives. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual, March 2022. 
  6. “Going Global to Address Rhetorical Abuses through College Writing Courses.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Baltimore, MA, May 2022.  
  7. “Advancing Knowledge Enrootment in/for the Global South,” Comparative Education Society of Asia Conference, Virtual, Sept. 2021 (with Nasrin Pervin, Surendra Subedi, and Pratusha Bhowmik). 
  8. Panel (led, presented with Nancy Barr and Cynthia Davidson): “Disrupting a Disruption: Fostering Student Agency with Structure and Support in an Online Graduate Writing Course.” Rethinking the Graduate Online Writing “Course” in Uncommon Spaces and Times. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual, 2021.
  9. Paper (with Nasrin Pervin, Surendra Subedi, and Pratusha Bhowmik): “Advancing Knowledge Enrootment: Diversifying Scholarship in/for the Global South,” Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) Conference, Kathmandu University, September 2021. 
  10. Panel (led, presented with Nancy Barr and Cynthia Davidson): “Unsettling the ‘Course’ as a commonplace: Exploring the affordances of online writing education at the graduate level and/as an avenue of growth for our profession.” Recentering Agency: Results of a Course that Put Students in the Driver’s Seat. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2020 (cancelled due to pandemic). 
  11. Panel (led, presented with MaryAnn Duffy and Soni Adhikari): Reframing writing education: helping students transcend borders. ReVision and ReForm: Teaching Writing Across Borders, New York University conference, October 2020. 
  12. Workshop: Transnational Writing Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2020 (cancelled due to pandemic).
  13. Paper (with Cynthia Davidson): “Learner-centered education for a changing society: A modularized approach for addressing Challenges of international student writers.” Conference on Instruction and Technology, CIT, SUNY, New York, May 2019. 
  14. Paper: Computers and Composition conference, with Cynthia Davidson, Soni Adhikari, and Sara Santos
  15. Paper: “Establishing a “Brain Gain Center”: From Scattered Efforts to Systematic Connections.” Nepalese Diaspora and Higher Education, Toronto, Canada, June 2018.  
  16. Paper: Consortium on Graduate Communication, Summer Institute, George Mason University, 2018.
  17. “Transnational Writing Research for Educationally Productive and Ethically Sound Roles,” (panel organizer: “Roles that Writing Education Performs: Perspectives from Transnational Research, Advocacy, and Collaboration by Writing Scholars in Bangladesh and the United States” with Gene Hammond and Mohammad Shamsuzzaman), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, March 12-16, 2019. 
  18. “Process of Learning to Write as Exploring Complex Spaces and Ecologies: The Case of International Graduate Students in the STEM Fields.” Panel by B. Sharma & S. Canagarajah: “Disciplinary Socialization of International STEM Scholars: From Grammatical Competence to Spatial Repertoire.” American Association of Applied Linguistics, Atlanta, Georgia March 9-12, 2019. Paper: Ecological Framing in Graduate Student Writing Support, Manila, Philippines, June 2018
  19.  “Domestic Students as Global Citizens: Rethinking our Teacherly Role through Ethical Argumentation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City, MO, Mar. 15, 2018. (panel coordinator). 
  20. “Teaching the Literacy of Sharing: A Theoretical Model for Writing Teachers,” University of Connecticut Conference on the Teaching of Writing, UConn., Apr. 6, 2018.
  21. “Rhetorical Education and the Responsibility of our Moment.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 31 – Jun. 3, 2018. 
  22. “Fostering Agency: Ecological Approaches to Graduate-Level Academic Writing Support in the United States.” 23rd Conference of the International Association for World Englishes. 5/31-6/2, 2018, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.
  23. “Strategies for Teaching a One-Size-Fits-All Graduate Writing Course.” Consortium of Graduate Studies Summer Institute, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 10-12, 2018. 
  24. “Countering Insecurity with Advocacy for International Students: Pedagogical and Programmatic Strategies,” (with Dr. Kristina Lucenko). Modern Language Association Conference, NY, Jan. 4, 2018. Prepared, unable to present due to inclement weather; presented to an on-campus audience at SBU.
  25. “Teachers as Curriculum Designers and Micro-Level Policy Makers.” (virtually presented) Annual ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference, School of Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 10, 2018.
  26. “Terms of Discourse, Discipline, and Profession in India.” Panel sponsored by Transnational Writing Standing Group: “Centering Transnational Work: A Study of Writing Practices in Tertiary Education in Romania, Nepal, India, and Colombia,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, Mar. 17, 2017. 
  27. “Engaging the Transnational: A Multi-Sited Study of Discourse about Writing in Tertiary Education in Romania, Nepal, India, and Colombia.” Writing Research Across Borders, Bogota Colombia, Feb. 17, 2017. (Shared virtually via website due to difficulties/uncertainties in international travel). 
  28.  “Establishing a Writing Center” (a concurrent session training tutors and director). Transformations: An Education Summit. Midwestern University, Surkhet, Nepal, July 24, 2016. 
  29. “Transitions in the Transnational Turn: Making Pedagogical Interventions.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2016. 
  30. “It Takes a Village: Situating Graduate Writing and Communication for International Students against Academic Transition and Success.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX, Apr. 8, 2016. 
  31. “Effective Writing Programs and Pedagogies at the Graduate Levels in STEM Disciplines.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL, Mar. 19, 2015. 
  32. “Translating Success: Academic Transition Narratives of Multilingual Students.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. 24, 2014. 
  33. “Who? Me? Rethinking Academic Discourse Vis-à-vis ‘International” Students,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, San Antonio, Texas, May 24, 2014. 
  34. “Writing with the World: Using Alternative Rhetorical Models to Unpack Traditional Argumentation.”  Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV, Mar. 18, 2013. 
  35. “Beyond the Greco-Roman View of Rhetoric: The Use of Nyaya Sutra Argument in a Writing Classroom.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 26, 2012. 
  36. “Does Language Matter? Nonnative English Speaking Scholars’ Perceptions of Language Difference in Academic Writing in the Disciplines.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO, Apr., 2012. 
  37. “Epistemological Crossroads: Writing Practices of Multilingual Scholars in the Academic Disciplines,” The 22nd Penn State U. Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, State College, PA, July 11, 2011. 
  38. “Implications of the Politics of Language involving International Teaching Assistants for Composition Studies.” Thomas R. Watson Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Oct. 15, 2010. 
  39. “Politics of Technology in Education: The Dangers of Celebration and Resistance.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Richmond, KY, Mar. 9, 2010. 
  40. “Marilyn Nelson’s The Cachoeira Tales as Transcultural ‘World’ Literature.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, Louisville, KY, Feb. 19, 2010. 
  41.  “Global Popular Culture & Literacy Practices of Nepalese Youth Online.” CCCC, Atlanta, GA, Apr. 8, 2011. 
  42. “Fear of the Un-American University: Popular Sentiments and Public Debates about Higher Education in Nineteenth Century America.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 30, 2010. 
  43. “Navigating Epistemological Worldviews: Nepalese Graduate Students in Rhetoric and Composition Programs in the US.” CCCC, Louisville, KY, Mar. 18, 2010. 
  44. “At the Table with the Enemy: Engaging the Public with the Rhetoric of Diplomacy.” Annual Grad. and Undergrad. Student Conference on Literature, Comp. and Rhetoric, U of Chatanooga, TN, Oct. 17, 2009. 
  45. “Neither Resistance nor Zeal: A Critical View of Technology in Research Writing.” Thomas R. Watson Conference, U of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Oct. 16, 2008. 
  46. “The Politics of Global English: Pedagogical Response to a Double Bind.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Louisville, KY, Mar. 9, 2008. 
  47.  “Perceptions and Perspectives: The Journey of Knowledge in Abhi Subedi’s Fire in the Monastery.” Conference of the Literary Association of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Mar. 2, 2005. 
  48. “Teaching Speaking: Designing Activities for Large Classes.” International Conference of the Nepal English Language Teachers Association (NELTA), Kathmandu, Feb.26, 2001. 
  49. “Teaching Listening: Developing Student-Centered Activities.” NELTA, Kathmandu, Feb. 24, 2000. 

REGIONAL CONFERENCES

  1. “iSTEAM: An Online Learnshop Focused on the Use of Diverse Rhetorical Practice to Enhance Inclusivity in STEM Education,” with Gary Halada and Lori Scarlatos, Conference on Instruction and Technology, SUNY, May 22-24, 2024. 
  2. “Rhetorical Versus Artificial Agency: Finding our Pathways with Student-Centered Pedagogy,” SUNY Council on Writing Conference, October 2023. 
  3. “Fourth Leg of Academe’s Table: Impact Beyond Service.” SUNY Council on Writing, Farmingdale, 2021.
  4. “A Pedagogy of Ethical Argumentation for Politically Fraught Times.” Teaching of Writing Festival, Suffolk County Community College. Long Island, NY, Oct. 2018.
  5. “Who Owns Writing (on Campus)? Challenges to Disciplinary Expertise,” a panel discussion along with Cynthia Davidson and Jennifer Mitchell, SUNY Council on Writing Conference, Oct. 2018. 
  6. “Project MASLOW: Interventions in Graduate Education through Online Writing Pedagogy,” with Cynthia Davidson. SUNY Council on Writing Conference, SUNY Farmingdale, NY, Oct. 2018. 
  7. “Engagement as Internationalization: Strategies for the Writing Classroom.” SUNY Council on Writing Conference. New Albany, NY, September 2017.
  8.  “Internationalization as a Neoliberal versus Humanistic Affordance in Writing Pedagogy.” SUNY Council on Writing Conference. New Albany, NY, Mar. 2016. 
  9. “The Brave New World of Writing Instruction: Lessons from Teaching Writing Online.” Teaching of Writing Festival, Suffolk County Community College. Long Island, NY, Oct. 2015. 
  10. “(Re)imagining, (Re)positioning, and (Re)evaluating Student Knowledge: A Writing Pedagogy for the Globalized Classroom,” panel presented with Blaise Bennardo and Raquel Corona, University of Connecticut Writing Conference, New Haven, CT, Mar. 2015. 
  11. “Global Citizenship in Teaching Writing.” Teaching of Writing Festival, Suffolk County Community College. Long Island, NY, October 2014. 
  12. “Promoting Ownership and Constructive Feedback: Teaching Writing in the Age of Sharing Process and Product,” with Chris Petty. SUNY Council on Writing Conference, Oswego, NY, September, 2014. 
  13.  “Teaching Writing, Intercultural Competence, and the Advent of MOOCs,” with Michael Murphy, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Conference, Manhattan, NY, March, 2014. 
  14. “Teaching Composition” (Roundtable with four colleagues from Writing Program and English Department, SBU), Stony Brook English Graduate Conference, Manhattan, NY, March, 2014. 

WORKSHOPS & POSTERS AT CONFERENCES

  1. Workshop: “Engaging the Global in the Teaching of Writing.” Half-day, pre-conference workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCC). Created and led, with 4 scholars from around the US, Mar. 2018. 
  2. Workshop: “Engaging the Global in the Teaching of Writing.” Half-day, pre-conference workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCC). Created and led, with 4 scholars from around the US, Mar. 2017. 
  3. Workshop: “Engaging the Global: Challenges and Practices of the Digital in Transnational Writing.” CCCC. Third iteration of the workshop; developed with Lilian Mina and Lavinia Hirsu, (Mar. 2017) (workshop facilitated by Mina and Hirsu due to delayed travel on my part) 
  4. Workshop: “Critically Engaging the Global in the Teaching of Writing: ‘Transrhetorical’ and Transnational Practices/or Global and Local Practices.” CCCC. Second iteration of the above workshop; developed and co-facilitated with L. Mihut, S. Alvarez, and S. Khadka (Mar. 2016)
  5. Workshop: “Engaging the Global in the Teaching of Writing.” Half-day, pre-conference workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCC). Created and led, with 11 scholars from five countries (March 2015)
  6. Poster: “What’s on the Line about ‘Sharing Everything’?: Promoting Productive and Informed Use of Collaborative Applications in the Writing Classroom.” Multimodal poster, with Chris Petty. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. 2014. 
  7. Poster: “Promoting Productive and Informed Use of Collaborative Applications Online.” Multimodal poster, with Chris Petty. Symposium on Distance Education, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, Sept. 7, 2013. 
  8. Poster: “Technology For Effective Teaching: Adapting the TPACK Model to Composition Courses.” Digital Pedagogy Poster Session, with Amy Lueck, CCCC, St. Louis, MO, Apr., 2012. 

ON-CAMPUS TALKS, WORKSHOPS, DISCUSSIONS  

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

  1. 20+ different workshops, for graduate students, such as the following, in collaboration MIC, some co-facilitated with grad students and faculty colleagues; part of graduate writing support, 2019-

> Writing the Literature Review > Reading Strategically 

> Writing the Research Statement > Writing the Teaching Philosophy Statement 

> Writing for Public/Mixed Audience > Getting Started, Getting Unstuck 

> AI and Graduate Writing > Getting Published: Process, Politics, Product 

> Writing with Originality: Avoiding Plagiarism

  1. Workshop: “Innovating Teaching by Using AI: Interventions, Outcomes, and Reflections,” Teaching & Learning Symposium, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, April 12, 2024. 
  2. Panel: “Language Justice as an Inclusive Teaching Strategy,” Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Stony Brook University, September 2022.
  3. Workshop: Honoring Accented Writing: Avoiding Language Biases, Motivating All Students, a language justice workshop organized by the University Library, facilitated with Laura Lisabeth, Patricia Medved, and Nela Navarro, October 2021. 
  4. Workshop: Transcending Language Bias: Practical Strategies for Educators, Center for Multilingual and Intercultural Communication, with Laura Lisabeth, February 2021. (also helped organize the series) 
  5. Discussion: “Preventing Plagiarism with Pedagogy.” with B. So, J. Jaiswal, and W. Moore, 2018.
  6. Faculty Orientation: “Facilitating International Students’ Academic Transition.” Undergraduate Colleges, Stony Brook U, 7 sessions in 2016-19.
  7. Panel: International education (with Gene Hammond, Peggy Kristoff, Cynthia Davidson, and MaryAnn Duffy), Melville Library, February 2020.
  8. Paper: Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Colloquium, spring 2019.
  9. Paper: “Using Video for Enhancing Student Learning in Online Courses.” Colloquium on Teaching Online, Faculty Center (TLT), 2016. 
  10. Writing Workshops (graduate): organized by Writing Center and Career Center: Strategic Reading in Graduate School (Sept. 2015); Communicating Specialized Ideas to General/Mixed Audiences (Oct. 2015); Effective Writing Strategies for Graduate Students (Nov. 2015). 
  11. Writing Workshops (undergraduate), iCafe events, International Student Orientation Office: Reading Effectively (Mar. 2015); Writing “A” Papers (Apr. 2015); Strategic Reading Skills (Mar. 2016, Oct. 2017). Sessions repeated in 2018, 2020, and 2021.
  12. Paper: “Screen Capture in 2015: Using Mobile Applications to Facilitate Student Learning,”
    with Soni Adhikari. Teaching and Learning Colloquium, Faculty Center (TLT), Mar. 2015. 
  13. Paper: “Student Centered Activities and Assessment,” with Chris Petty, 6th Annual Teaching and Learning Colloquium, Faculty Center (TLT), Mar. 10, 2014. 
  14. Discussion: “Effective Academic-Cultural Transition and International Graduate Students.” Faculty-Student Connection Project. Chapin Student Apartments, Nov. 6, 2017. 

Departmental PD Sessions (Program in Writing and Rhetoric)

  1. Workshop & Discussion: “A Range of Possibilities: Exploring Linguistic Justice,” facilitated with Laura Lisabeth and Stephanie Wade, March 2024.
  2. Workshop & Discussion: Re-Centering Student Agency in the Age of AI, facilitated with Katherine Johnston and Cynthia Davidson, November 2023. 
  3. Discussion: Oral Communication and International Students: Helping I/ML Students Navigate College, with Liz Kotseas, March 2021.  
  4. Book talk: Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stony Brook University, March 2019
  5. Discussion: “Teaching (with) Global Issues.” with Kevin Clouther, Rita Nezami, Soni Adhikari, Cynthia Davidson, Oct. 19, 2016. (blog published based on session). 
  6. Talk: “Teaching a ‘Superdiverse’ Student Body.” with Bill Torgerson, Guest presenter from St. John’s University, New York. Oct. 7, 2015. 
  7. Discussion: “Intersections in Basic/Introductory College Writing,” with Liz Kotseas, Apr. 16, 2014. 
  8. Discussion: “Best Practices for the Use of Collaborative/Interactive Applications in the Writing Classroom,” with Chris Petty, Dec. 4, 2013. 
  9. Discussion: “Enhancing Revision, Feedback, and Assessment with Wiki.” with Chris Petty, Apr. 17, 2013. 
  10. Discussion: “Collaborative Learning in the Writing Classroom: Techniques and Technologies,” Nov 7, 2012. 

Classroom Presentations (requested by faculty colleagues at SBU)

  • “Teaching International Students,” with Dr. Kristina Lucenko: Dr. Gary Marker’s class, Oct. 2016. 
  • “Analyzing Multimodal Composition”: Dr. Peter Khost’s class, Apr. 30, 2014. 
  • “Writing for the Public”: Dr. Evonne Kaplan-Liss’s class, Mar. 26, 2013. 
  • “Strategies for Effective Writing”: Dr. Camille Abbruscato’s class, Mar. 12, 2013. 

Some conferences attended (no presentation)

  • Three-day summer institute at Yale University (keynotes, workshops, peer review of ongoing research, reflection sessions): Graduate Communication Consortium, New Haven, CT. May 8-12, 2016. 
  • Virtually Connecting, #AMICALNET, with Jim Groom, Maha Bali, and others, May 13, 2016. 
  • Academic and Professional Writing Conference, University of Maryland, Oct. 10, 2014. 
  • Webinar on Critical Transitions, led by Jessie Moore of Elon University, June 5, 2013. 
  • International ELT Conferences, NELTA, Nepal, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006. 

University of Louisville, KY (2006-12) 

  • Teaching workshops, The Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning: “Enhancing Collaborative Learning with Wikis and Blogs” (Feb, 10, 2012); “SafeAssign Workshops” for preventing plagiarism by integrating pedagogy with technology (7 workshops, yearlong project 2009-10). 
  • Graduate student professional development workshops, PLAN initiative, Graduate School:
    “Academic Transition Workshop for New International Graduate Students” (designed and led in 2009, 2010, 2011); “Technology for Professional Development,” with Harley Ferris, Feb. 2010, Jan. 2011); “Wiki and Blog Workshop,” with Ryan Trauman, Sept. 30, 2009). 
  • Writing Workshops for students and instructors, University Writing Center (2006-08): “APA Citation”; “IEEE Citation”; “Editing for Effective Sentence”; “Thesis Statement, Topic Sentence, and Organization”; “Understanding Assignment Prompts”; “Using Rubric”; “Avoiding Plagiarism.”  

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