Tika Lamsal

Department of English University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 2201 James Guthrie Ct. #4 Louisville, KY 40217 trlams01@louisville.edu

Education Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Expected May 2014 Dissertation: Literacies in Globalized and Digitized Contact Zones: (Re)imagining Translingual Identity and Transcultural Knowledge of Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S. Committee: Bruce Horner (Chair), Min-Zhan Lu, Bronwyn Williams, David Anderson, and Cynthia Selfe M. A. in English (Rhetoric/Composition), University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, May 2009 M. A. in English (Literature), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, June 1997 B. A. in English and Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, June 1994 Academic Experience University of Louisville Graduate Teaching Assistant, Aug. 2008 present Assistant Director of Graduate Student Writing, Writing Center, funded by School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, July 2012 June 2013 Writing Tutor/Consultant, Writing Center, Aug. 2007 July 2008 Nepal Lecturer of English, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, March 1998 June 2007 Lecturer of Business Writing and Communication, Apex College, Pokhara University, Aug. 2001 Dec. 2006 Academic Director, Humanities Faculty, National Integrated College, June 2002 June 2007

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Publications Peer-Reviewed Cross-cultural and Multilingual Encounters: Composing Difference in Transnational Contexts. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies 1. 2 (2013): 89-104. Beyond the Politics of Despair: Imagining the Possibilities for Change. JAC: Journal of Advanced Composition 32. 3-4 (2012): 758-767. (Co-authored with Hem Paudel) Global Audiences, Local Images: The Question of Exoticization in Slumdog Millionaire. Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal 4. 1 (2010): 198-209. Selfing the Other: A Colonial Reading of Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2.1 (2008): 188-95. Other Publications Mediating a Buffer Zone: Writing Center Frustration and Hope. University Writing Center Manual (2008): 40-45, University of Louisville. Carnivalesque Heroine in Wide Sargasso Sea. Chrysanthemum: A Literary Journal 5 (2007). Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. Womens Literature as a Reflection of Womens Cause. Informal (A Human Rights Journal) 16.4 (December 2003). INSEC, Nepal. Elements of Humanism in Elizabethan Tragedies. Chrysanthemum: A Literary Journal 2 (1998). Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. Conference Presentations Cross-cultural and Multimodal Literacies among Refugee Youth. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. May 2014. San Antonio, TX. Negotiating Differences through Tranlingual and Transmodal Literate Practices. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2014. Indianapolis, IN. Imagining Alternatives: Cross-cultural and Multilingual Mediations in Refugee Literacies. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2013. Las Vegas, NV.

Lamsal Conference Presentations (continued) Politics of Displacement in Transgressive Terms: A Study of Postcolonial Diaspora Fiction. The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Feb. 2013. Louisville, KY.

Subverting Native Speaker Ideology in Composition. Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. Oct. 2012. Louisville, KY. Transcultural Rhetorics, Translingual Repertoires: Literacy Practices of an Immigrant Refugee Community. Annual Meeting of Research Network Forum at Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2012. St. Louis, MO. Colonial Gaze in Jack Maggs: Subverting the Imperial Projection of the Other. The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Feb. 2012. Louisville, KY. Go(ing) Native: Composing Transnational Identities. Penn State Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. July 2011. State College, PA. Remapping Composition in Transnational Contexts. Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2011. Atlanta, GA. Messianic Anti-Pedagogy in The Ignorant Schoolmaster. Annual Conference of Kentucky Philological Association. March 2011. Frankfort, KY. Genre as a Discursive Practice: Cross-Cultural Mediation and Ethnographic Spectacle in Yojimbo. The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Feb. 2011. Louisville, KY. Teaching the Other: Renegotiating ELT in the Periphery. Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. Oct. 2010. Louisville, KY. Global Audiences, Local Images: The Question of Exoticization in Slumdog Millionaire. Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. March/April, 2010. St. Louis, MO. Blair as a Colonialist: Revisiting Blairs Lectures on Taste. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2010. Louisville, KY. Savagism and Civilization: Imperial Ideology in Gods Country. Annual Conference of Kentucky Philological Association. March 2010. Richmond, KY. Crossdressing as a Cultural Representation: Disrupting the Finality of Heterosexual Closure in the Early Modern Consciousness. Annual Conference of Kentucky Philological Association. March 2009. Owensboro, KY.

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Conference Presentations (continued) Cultural Identity as a Translational and Transnational Entity: Remapping the Boundaries of Teaching Writing to International Students. Annual Conference of International Writing Centers Association. Oct./Nov. 2008. Las Vegas, NV. The Question of Identity: Calibanization and Postcolonial Discourse. Kentucky Philological Association Annual Conference. March 2008. Louisville, KY. Homosexuals in the Closet: Cross-cultural Mediation in Angels in America. Annual Conference of Literary Association of Nepal. March 2002. Kathmandu, Nepal. Invited Talks and Workshop Presentations University of Louisville Practicing Process: Peer Review and the Writing Classroom, at Pedagogy Workshop, Composition Program. Sept. 4, 2013. Writing Literature Review in Dissertation, at Dissertation Writing Retreat, College of Education and Human Development. Aug. 3, 2013. Dissertation Writing and Literature Review: Coming to Terms, at Dissertation Writing Retreat, Writing Center. May 22, 2013. Constructing an Academic Argument, at a Graduate Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Seminar. March 4, 2013. Writing a Literature Review, for the graduate students in Health Sciences Campus. School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Feb. 27, 2013. How to Help International Graduate Students Succeed Academically and Culturally, for the faculty of School of Public Health, Health Sciences Campus. Nov. 30, 2012. Academic Transitions and Writing Center Services, at International Center and Graduate School International Students Meet and Greet Luncheon. Nov. 13, 2012. Writing Literature Review in Research Writing, at a Graduate Nursing Seminar. Oct. 4, 2012. Citing and Paraphrasing Academic Sources, at a Graduate Nursing Seminar. Sept. 20, 2012. Writing Literature Review: Nuts and Bolts of Academic Research, at a Graduate Audiology Seminar, Aug. 23, 2012.

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Perspectives on Teaching, at Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation. Aug. 14, 2012. Nepal Teaching Literature and Writing to First Year B. A. Students, for College English teachers, National Integrated College. May 15, 2005. Teaching Technical Writing and Business Communication, for Business Communication teachers, Apex College. March 8, 2004. Writing and Rhetorical Strategies: Teaching Writing and Research Methodology, at First Year (M. A.) Teaching Training, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. March 5, 2000 Courses Taught University of Louisville ENGL 306. Business Writing ENGL 102. Intermediate College Writing ENGL 101. Introduction to College Writing Nepal English 504-2. Rhetoric/Composition English 508-2. Non-Western Studies English 501-1. History of British and American Literature (Tribhuvan University) Business Writing and Communication Globalization and Its Cultural Implications Discourse in Disciplines: Literary Theory & Criticism (Pokhara University) Professional Service University of Louisville Executive Member, English Graduate Organization, University of Louisville. Aug. 2012 July 2013. President, Nepali Student Association, University of Louisville. March 2010 July 2013. Panel Chair of a session Analysis of Cross-cultural Frames and Practices, CCCC. March 2012. St. Louis, MO. 6 Sections 4 Sections 6 Sections 3 Sections 14 Sections 4 Sections

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Technology Resource Instructor at Celebration of Teaching and Learning: Envisioning Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. Feb. 2012. University of Louisville. Panel Chair of a session Deconstructing the Academic/Personal Binary, Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. Oct. 2008. Louisville, KY. Panel Chair of a session Autobiographical Performances of Illness and Trauma, The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. Feb. 2008. Louisville, KY. Nepal General Secretary, Interdisciplinary Discourse for Enhancing Civic Awareness. March 2006 June 2007. Editor/Translator, Informal Sector Service Center. July 2000-Aug. 2003. Founder Member, National Integrated College. Since 2001. Chief Editor, Chrysanthemum: A Literary Journal, published by Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. July 1997- June 1999. Professional Development DMAC (Digital Media and Composition) Workshop, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. May 31st June 12, 2012. GTA Academy (a year-long interdisciplinary teaching workshop), University of Louisville. Fall 2008 Spring 2009. Teaching College Composition Workshop, Composition Program, University of Louisville. Aug. 18-22, 2008. National Seminar/Workshop on Proposal and Thesis Writing, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. Dec. 21-26, 2006. Workshop for English Lecturers Teaching M. A. Second Year Courses, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. March 15-22, 2001. Workshop for English Lecturers Teaching M. A. First Year Courses, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. March 5-12, 2000.

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Academic Honors $ 500.00 Scholarship Award from Bedford/St. Martins to participate in DMAC (Digital Media and Composition) workshop at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, from May 31st June 12, 2012 Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan, National Academic Excellence Award/Honor (Gold Medal), 1998, for holding first-class first position in M. A., Tribhuvan University Meritorious Student Scholarship for studying M. A., 1995, Tribhuvan University Meritorious Student Scholarship for studying B. A., 1993, Tribhuvan University Professional Affiliation National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication Rhetoric Society of America Modern Language Association Literary Association of Nepal Gurukul Theater of Nepal Graduate Coursework Rhetoric and Composition Critical Pedagogy, Its Discontents, and Beyond in English Studies (Bruce Horner) Teaching College Composition (Bronwyn Williams) Writing Center Theory and Practice (Mary Rosner) History of Rhetoric II (Carol Mattingly) Special Topics Seminar on Pop Culture and Literacy (Bronwyn Williams) Teaching English as a Second Language (Karen Mullen) Politics of Language in the Teaching and the Study of Composition (Bruce Horner) Research Methods in Composition (Debra Journet) Composition Theory and Practice (Min-Zhan Lu) Narrative Theory (Debra Journet) Re-vision: Theory and Practice (Min-Zhan Lu) Writing in the Disciplines (Joanna Wolfe) Special Topics Seminar on Outside Composition (Bruce Horner) Watson Seminar on Language and Literacy (Min-Zhan Lu, Brian Street, Suresh Canagarajah, Ralph Cintron) Literature and Literary Theory/Creative Writing Victorian Afterlife (Beth Boehm) Literature of U.S. Slavery (Carol Mattingly)

Lamsal Shakespeare (Julia Deitrich) Creative Nonfiction: Practice and Pedagogy (Bronwyn T. Williams) Contemporary Theories of Interpretation (Karen Hadley) New Media and Cultural Theory (Aaron Jaffe) Special Topics in Literary and Critical Theory: Sexuality and Aesthetics (Matthew Biberman) Language Proficiency English (high proficiency in speaking, reading and writing) Nepali (high proficiency in speaking, reading and writing) Hindi (good proficiency in speaking, reading and writing) Sanskrit (good proficiency in reading and writing) Other local languages like Maithili, Limbu (speaking knowledge) References Bruce Horner, Professor and Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition Department of English, University of Louisville b.horner@louisville.edu Min-Zhan Lu, Professor and University Scholar Department of English, University of Louisville m.lu@louisville.edu Bronwyn Williams, Professor and Director of University Writing Center Department of English, University of Louisville bronwyn.williams@louisville.edu Cynthia Selfe, Humanities Distinguished Professor Department of English, The Ohio State University selfe.2@osu.edu Beth Boehm, Professor of English and Dean, School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, University of Louisville beth.boehm@louisville.edu Aaron Jaffe, Professor of English Department of English, University of Louisville aaron.jaffe@louisville.edu