In “All Writers have more Englishes to Learn: Translingual First Year Composition Classes’ Promotion of Composition’s Threshold Concepts,” Ghimire and Wright talk about the ways that an increasingly diverse student body creates opportunities for everyone. The essay appeared in Creating a Transnational Space in the First Year Writing Classroom, edited by William Ordeman, Vernon Press.
In “FYC’s Unrealized NNEST Egg: Why Non-Native English Speaking Teachers Belong in the First-Year Composition Classroom,” they argue for the specific value of a diverse body of faculty in the writing classroom. The essay appeared in Academic Labor: Research and Artistry.
For more information about Ghimire, who graduated from UMD and is pursuing a PhD on the Twin Cities campus, see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asmitaghimire
For more information about the ELWS programs, see: https://cahss.d.umn.edu/elws