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Ghanashyam (Shyam) Sharma

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  • University Fellow, PhD in Rhetoric and Composition

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One of the winners of the "K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award" (2012), Shyam Sharma is a fourth year PhD Fellow in Rhetoric and Composition. He is currently on fellowship, completing his dissertation.  His professional interests include writing in the disciplines, language policy and the politics of language, cross-cultural issues in composition, the intersection of global popular culture and local literacy practices around the world, teaching with technology for enhancing collaborative learning in the classroom, research on professional development of graduate students, and transnational professional networking among scholars of English language and literacy. 


Educational Background

  • M.A. (English), University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2008
  • B.Ed. (English), Tribhuvan University of Nepal, 2004
  • M.A (English), Tribhuvan University of Nepal, 1999

Teaching Areas

  • First Year College Composition
  • Advanced Writing
  • Business Writing
  • British Literature

Research Interests

  • Writing in the Discipines
  • Graduate Student Professional Development
  • ESL Education and Politics of Language
  • Technology for Effective Teaching

Professional Activities

  • Participatory action research on international students
  • Curated literacy narrative for the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives
  • CCCC Connected Community initiative (serving as one of the Connected Community leaders)
  • Blogging (esp. as a member of the Nepalese English Language Teachers' Association, NELTA)
  • Editor of NELTA Journal
  • Project Co-Manager, NELTA 2.0 project (building a web 2.0 structure where Nepalese English teachers from across Nepal and the world can participate in/contribute to a knowledge base)

Honors & Awards

  • K. Patricia Cross Future Leader Award, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington DC, January 2012
  • Barbara Plattus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching, English Department, UofL, 2011
  • Alice Eaves Barns Outstanding Achievement Award, UofL, 2008
  • Dean's Citation and Dean's List Awards, UofL, 2008
  • Mahendra Bidya Bhusan, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2000

Professional Memberships

  • Member, National Council of Teachers of English (College Composition and Communication), 2009-
  • Member, Rhetoric Society of America, 2010-
  • Member, Nepal English Language Teachers Association, 1996-
  • Member, Literary Association of Nepal, 2005-
 
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