Priya Sirohi

Doctoral Student
English Department
Drive Rhetoric and Composition
IN 47907
PriyaSirohi.org
psirohi@urdue.edu

Purdue University
500 Oval
West Lafayette

Education
2015Ph.D. in English, Purdue University
Lafayette, IN
Expected Completion: 2020
Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition
2015
M.A. in English, Purdue University
Lafayette, IN
Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition
Thesis: Desi Rhetorics: Identity Practices of IndianAmericans in Nested Publics
Committee: Jennifer Bay (Chair), Patricia Sullivan,
Aparajita Sagar, and Thomas Rickert
2013
Louis, MO

West

West

B.A. in English, Saint Louis University

St.

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,
Tbingen, 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
Rhetoric of

Cities and Rhetoric: The Alley Network Project as a Cultural Urban

Community Organizing, Cultural Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing,

Michigan

Professionalization
Administrative Positions
Fall 2016

Honors College (NISO)

Writing Consultant
Purdue Writing Lab

Fall 2015
Spring 2016

Responsible for helping retooling the coordinator position by reenvisioning 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
Vice President Rhetoric Society of America
Purdue Chapter

Spring 2015

Present

Helped to jumpstart, coordinate, facilitate, and promote our Elocutio

Speaker Series, showcasing talks by Drs. 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
NCTE/CCCC Asian/Asian American Caucus
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 4Cs.
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, writingrelated 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 email service provider to new one; the process involved
coordinating tech support, 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
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Workshop Participant, Teaching American Indian Rhetorics in

Rhetoric and Composition Classrooms led by Dr. Malea Powell.
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis,
Indiana

Freelance Contributions
Dec. 2014

June 2015

Pearson Contributor
Updating supplemental Power Points for Richard Johnson-Sheehans
Technical Communication Today, 5th Ed., published by Pearson Inc.

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)

Spring 2016

Fall 2015

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
ENGL 106 International Section
Autoethnographic Research Inquiry

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 Drs. 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

Spring 2015

Awarded to instructors who demonstrate a commitment to their

students above and beyond expectations in fulfilling their duties
with regard to Learning Communities
Quintillian Award for Instructional Excellence
Awarded to instructors in the top ten percent of student
evaluations

Graduate Assistant Tutor

Fall 2014
Spring 2016

Purdue Writing Lab

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

Saint Louis University

Spring 2013

Fall 2011Spring 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
Writing Center Consultant

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