2024 CCCC in Spokane, Washington

Post On04/08/2024
ByShankar Paudel

The 2024 Conference on College Composition and Communication (4Cs) in Spokane was yet another fantastic event for me. It was a pleasure to present my work and listen to people who shared my interests. On the one hand, sonic rhetoric is in my heart; on the other, environmental rhetoric is in my head. Both of these topics contribute to my professional development as a researcher.
In Spokane, I had the opportunity to participate in two panels, one as a chair and one as a presenter. On April 4, 2024, I chaired a panel on “Reclaiming Cultures of Gratitude: A Transdisciplinary Exploration of Human and Nonhuman Environmental Ecologies” with my friends Marissa Bond, Cheyanne Lozano, and Menuka Gurung. I presented my Sonic Autoethnography on a panel titled “Sonic Abundance: Methods of Amplifying Identity, Culture, and Community in Sound-Based Teaching and Research,” alongside Jose Manuel Flores, Desiree Sterling, and Elizabeth Escobedos, on April 6, 2024. Dr. Steph Ceraso was originally scheduled to chair the session, but due to health issues, she was unable to fly to Spokane. We missed her.
As a former awardee of the Scholars for the Dream Travel Award, I was so proud to be there at 4Cs to present my work. I feel empowered, energized, and more confident than last year. Scholars, my professors, colleagues, friends (new and old), and everyone I met at the convention were amazing. I am grateful to each and everyone. In addition to all these academic experiences, the natural beauty of Spokane is something I will always remember.

Shankar Paudel

स्वस्मै स्वल्पं, समाजाय सर्वस्वं।

My name is Shankar. I am a third-year PhD student in Rhetoric and Writing Studies (RWS) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). At UTEP, apart from being a doctoral student, I am working as an instructor of Technical Writing, RWS 3359. I taught First-Year Composition for three semesters from 2022–2023. I also worked as a graduate consultant at the University Writing Center (UWC) for a year and coordinated the Workshop Committee at UWC. In the summer of 2022, I worked with the School of Nursing at UTEP as a PhD Research Associate. I am a permanent resident of Biratnagar, Nepal. I completed my M. Phil. in Interdisciplinary English from the Institute of Advanced Communication, Education, and Research (IACER) affiliated with Pokhara University in 2017 and my MA (Sociology) from Tribhuvan University in 2015. My research and teaching interests are more related to Environmental Humanities, Environmental Historiography, Rhetoric and Composition, Digital Humanities, Multimodal Composition, and Technical Communication. I have also been involved in writing text books on Science, English, Moral Studies, and हाम्रो सेरोफेरो based on the Nepali curriculum for several publications since 2013. I am associated with South Asian Foundation for Academic Research (SAFAR- https://www.safarsouthasia.org/2022/02/08/shankarpaudel/) as an Academic Counsellor and Center for Advanced Studies in South Asia (CASSA- www.cassanepal.org) as Digital Consultant, and also involved in various projects, including anthology publication, documentary making, etc.