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- 1. Priya Sirohi Doctoral Student Purdue University English Department 500 Oval Drive Rhetoric and Composition West Lafayette IN 47907 PriyaSirohi.org psirohi@urdue.edu Education 2015- Ph.D. in English, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Expected Completion: 2020 Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition 2015 M.A. in English, Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition • Thesis: Desi Rhetorics: Identity Practices of Indian- Americans in Nested Publics • Committee: Jennifer Bay (Chair), Patricia Sullivan, Aparajita Sagar, and Thomas Rickert 2013 B.A. in English, Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO Honors cum laude, Presidential Scholar • Four-year merit-based full-tuition scholarship at private institution • Awarded after rigorous application and double-interview process Conference Presentations May 2016 “The New ‘Arabs’: Rhetorics of South Asian American Racialization in the Post-9/11 Media Maelstroms”, Rhetoric Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia April 2016 “Rhetorics of South/Asian American Identity: Mapping Context, Purpose, and Use”, Asian/Asian American Caucus Roundtable, Speaker and Committee Member Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, Texas May 2015 “Islamic Women Activists in Sixth Century Islam” Twentieth Biennial Conference of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric, Tübingen, Germany, July- August 2015 March 2015 “Mujadila: Women in the Hadith as Rhetorical ‘Weavers’ of Emergent Islam” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa Bay, Florida Oct. 2014 “Cities and Rhetoric: The Alley Network Project as a Cultural Urban Rhetoric of Community Organizing,” Cultural Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing, Michigan
- 2. Professionalization Administrative Positions Fall 2016 Honor’s College (NISO) Writing Consultant Purdue Writing Lab • Responsible for helping retooling the coordinator position by re-envisioning WAC/WID relationships between campus-wide faculty and the Writing Lab. • Goal of creating sustainable relationships between the Writing Lab and campus-wide faculty, and develop workshops more intentionally • Will develop a close working relationship with the Director and Associate Director of the Writing Lab (Harry Denny and Tammy Conard-Salvo, respectively Fall 2015 – Vice President Rhetoric Society of America Spring 2016 Purdue Chapter • Helped to jumpstart, coordinate, facilitate, and promote our Elocutio Speaker Series, showcasing talks by Dr’s. Harry Denny, Julie Jung, and Amanda Booher • Organized and promoted professionalization events for Purdue Rhetoric and Composition Graduate students at Purdue University • Assisted and promoted with fundraising efforts Spring 2015 – NCTE/CCCC Asian/Asian American Caucus Present Graduate Student Representative • Crafted caucus website, including bibliography on caucus-related topics, posting announcements of key publications and news about members, and helping organize the business meeting at 4C’s. • Specifically, I represent graduate interests within the caucus by bringing mentorship, participation, and other professionalization concerns to the attention of caucus co-chairs Fall 2015 – Purdue Online Writing Lab Spring 2016 OWL Mail Coordinator • Coordinated team of respondents to answer discrete, writing-related questions through our OWL Mail service • Met regularly with other Writing Lab coordinators, Director and Assistant Director of the Purdue Writing Lab to update and facilitate OWL Mail related issues • Transitioned successfully in a University-wide switch from old e-mail service provider to new one; the process involved coordinating tech support,
- 3. including of lab staff within new system, and reincorporating archived OWL Mail e-mails from the past ten years Seminars and Workshops June 2015 Seminar Participant, Rhetoric and Race led by Dr. Kent Ono. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Madison, Wisconsin June 2015 Workshop Participant, Subalternity and Transnational Literacy led by Dr. Raka Shome, Rhetoric Society of American Institute. Madison, Wisconsin March 2014 Workshop Participant, Teaching American Indian Rhetorics in all Rhetoric and Composition Classrooms led by Dr. Malea Powell. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, Indiana Freelance Contributions Dec. 2014 Pearson Contributor • Updating supplemental Power Points for Richard Johnson-Sheehan’s Technical Communication Today, 5th Ed., published by Pearson Inc. June 2015 Pearson Contributor • Composed and contributed question banks for argument- oriented online course created by Pearson Inc. Pedagogy Purdue University Introductory Composition Instructor (7 sections, Fall 2013-present) Selected Sections Fall 2016 ENGL 106 Learning Community EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) • Learning Communities group students together by major and common academic interests, and some often live together. EPICS is a learning community of first-year engineering students who, for their engineering courses, produce engineering projects in partnership with community organizations as a way to address community needs and problems • My syllabus will be heavily oriented toward my students’ roles as service learning actants, and my course projects ask them to inquiry deeply into the role of composition in their field work
- 4. Spring 2016 ENGL 106 – International Section Autoethnographic Research Inquiry Fall 2015 ENGL 106 – Learning Community Business Leaders • Learning Communities group students together by major and common academic interests, and some often live together. EPICS is a learning community of first-year engineering students who, for their engineering courses, produce engineering projects in partnership with community organizations as a way to address community needs and problems • My syllabus will be heavily oriented toward my students’ roles as service learning actants, and my course projects ask them to inquiry deeply into the role of composition in their field work • Helped to jumpstart, coordinate, facilitate, and promote our Elocutio Speaker Series, showcasing talks by Dr’s. Harry Denny, Julie Jung, and Amanda Booher • Organized and promoted professionalization events for Purdue Rhetoric and Composition Graduate students at Purdue University • Assisted and promoted with fundraising efforts Teaching Awards and Honors Spring 2016 Learning Community Advocate Award • Awarded on the basis of (voluntary, or unsolicited) student letters of recommendation submitted to the Learning Community Office • Awarded to instructors who demonstrate a commitment to their students above and beyond expectations in fulfilling their duties with regard to Learning Communities Spring 2015 Quintillian Award for Instructional Excellence • Awarded to instructors in the top ten percent of student evaluations Graduate Assistant Tutor Fall 2014 – Purdue Writing Lab Spring 2016 • Tutored wide range of writers in an even broader range of genres, including multilingual writers, post-doctoral assistants, graduate and undergraduate students with documents such as grant applications, job portfolios, resumes/cover letters, academic writing, PowerPoint presentations, and even speeches and website
- 5. Saint Louis University Spring 2013 Writing Center Consultant Training and Workshop Teaching Assistant • Assisted Writing Lab Director with training and hiring new consultants by facilitating reading discussions and providing feedback on weekly writing assignments Fall 2011- Writing Center Consultant Spring 2013 • Tutored wide range of undergraduate writers, particularly multilingual students, with academic writing, job documents, and personal statements/graduate school applications Service March 2014 Volunteer, Registration Committee. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, Indiana Oct. 2016 Reviewer for Cultural Rhetorics Conference