Teaching & Research

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1. Assistant Instructor, First-Year Composition (RWS 1301 and 1302)

• Fall 2023–present, Department of English, The University of Texas at El Paso

• In-person, hybrid, and fully online modalities

• Designed and taught a Community Engagement and Literacy (CEL) section of RWS 1302 (Spring 2025), partnering students with local communities and non-governmental organizations in El Paso for community-engaged writing projects.

• Developed Purna.Online, an open-access web resource supporting ESL (English as a Second Language) students.

• Authored a classroom discussion activity published in the UTEP First-Year Composition Handbook; mentored a student whose literacy narrative was published as a model text in the same handbook.

2. Writing Consultant, University Writing Center, The University of Texas at El Paso

• Fall 2022–Fall 2023: Consulted with graduate and undergraduate writers across disciplines, including at the UTEP Graduate Writing Retreats (September and November 2022).

3. English Lecturer, Madan Bhandari Memorial College, Kathmandu, Nepal: 2010–2015

• • 1. • Taught compulsory English (Grades XI–XII) and graduate seminars in rhetoric/composition and literary theory for the M.A. in English.

       • Introduced research-based writing instruction and facilitated thesis-writing workshops

       • Supervised two M.A. theses to completion.

4. Secondary (High School) English Teacher, Gyan Sindhu Academy, Gongabu, Kathmandu, Nepal: 2015-2017

5. Secondary (High School) English Teacher, Triton International Secondary School, Tinkune, Kathmandu, Nepal: 2016/17.

6. Lower Secondary (Middle School) Social Studies Teacher, Siddhartha English Boarding School, Butwal, Rupandehi, Nepal (2005);

7. Primary English (Elementary) English Teacher, Bright Star English Boarding School, Rupandehi, Nepal (2003)

Courses Taught

1. First-Year Composition Courses (US)

• Rhetoric and Writing Studies I (RWS 1301)

• Rhetoric and Writing Studies II (RWS 1302)

• Community Engaged Leadership (CEL) (RWS 1302)

2. Graduate Level Courses (Nepal)

• Advanced Critical Theories

• Rhetoric and Composition

RESEARCH

Courses Completed

1. Research Methodology (15 credits), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (Spring 2022) [designed for a master's degree program] 

2. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods I (10 credits), Nord University, Norway (Fall 2017) [part of my Master in Social Science coursework] 

3. Social Science Analysis (10 credits), Nord University, Norway (Fall 2017) [part of my Master in Social Science coursework]

4. Quantitative and Qualitative Methods II (10 credits), Nord University, Norway (Fall 2017) [part of my Master in Social Science coursework] 

5. Education, Culture and Sustainable Development (15 Credits), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway (Spring 2022), [designed for a master’s degree program]

Research Experience

• Three IRB-Approved Qualitative Research Projects at UTEP: Completed

• Research Assistant: European Union (EU) Research Project: DigiGen EU Horizon 2020; Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. Did a systematic literature review of published works in a team. Link: https://digigen.eu/ )

• Theses

1. Master in Social Science: “Representation and/vs Articulation: “A Non-Western Metaperspective on Indigenous Sami Identity in Norway” [A human subject, Indigenous research, an NSD--similar to IRB in the US-- approved study] 

2. M.A. in English: “Subverting Gender and Sexuality: Lesbianism and Body Politics in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges are Not the Only Fruits”

3. M.Phil. in English: “Tension between Spiritual Philosophy and Social Practice: Reading the Bhagavad Gita and Manusmriti”

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

AI Literacy

1. Bhusal, P. C. (2026). Human Wisdom and Artificial Intelligence: Role of Liberal Arts Education in the Neoliberal World. Critical Humanities. 5 (1), 57–87. https://doi.org/10.33470/2836-3140.1116 

2. Bhusal, P.C. (2025). Fostering Critical AI Literacy through a Decolonial Use of ChatGPT in ESL/EFL Classrooms. Advances in Mobile Learning Educational Research, 5(2), 1472-1487. https://doi.org/10.25082/AMLER.2025.02.005 

3. Pandey, H.L. and Bhusal, P.C. ChatGPT Literacy for Fostering Language Proficiency and Writing Skills in ESL/EFL Classrooms. Nepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 7(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3126/njmr.v7i3.70859 

4. Pandey, H.L, Bhusal, P.C. and Niraula, S. Pandey, H. L., Bhusal, P. C., & Niraula, S. (2025). Large language models and digital multimodal composition in the first-year composition classrooms: An encroachment and/or enhancement dilemma. Computers and Composition, 75, Article 102892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102892 

Writing Instruction

1. Bhusal, P.C. (2024). (Re)Sourcing Critical Counterstories in the Composition Classroom. The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 8(1).http://journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/8-1-bhusal

2. Khanal, A., & Bhusal, P. C. (2025). Unlearning and Transfer: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Reflection on the Education Journey from Nepal to the United States. Journal of NELTA, 30(1), 80–92. https://doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v30i1.87823 

3. Bhusal, P.C., & Pandey, H.L. (2025). Enacting Anti-Discriminatory Pedagogy in Compulsory English Classrooms in Grades XI and XII in Nepal: Challenges and Possibilities. KMC Journal, 7(2), 13–26. https://doi.org/10.3126/kmcj.v7i2.83433

4. Bhusal, P. C., & Baral, R. K. (2025). Unfulfilled promises of diversity: a decolonial assessment of the basic level English education in Nepal. Cogent Education, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2025.2460251 

Rhetoric & Justice

1. Bhusal, P.C. (2025). Rhetoric on Language and Truth from Modernity to Postmodernity. Gipan 7(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.3126/gipan.v7i1.84231 

2. Bhusal, P. C. (2023). Loss and recovery of ‘substance’ in Greco-Roman rhetoric. The Batuk, 9(2), 63-75. DOI: 10.3126/batuk.v9i2.57034 

3. Bhusal, P. C. (2024). Rhetoric of Repairs: Pathos Analysis of Joe Biden’s Victory Speech. The Spectrum, 2(1), 18–35. https://doi.org/10.3126/spectrum.v2i1.64767

4. Bhusal, P.C. (2025). Subversion of Heteronormativity in Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities, 7(2), 27–38. https://doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v7i2.83024

5. Bhusal, P. C. (2024). Food as a Healing Space for a Diasporic Identity in Grace M. Cho’s  Tastes Like War: A Memoir. SCHOLARS: Journal of Arts & Humanities, 6(1), 53-65. https://doi.org/10.3126/sjah.v6i1.62723

6. Baral, R.K., Bhusal, P.C. & Paudel, S. (2024). Climate crisis literacy through media: a positive discourse analysis of selected Nepali media content. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2024.2316416 

7. Bhusal, P. C. (2023). Decolonial Rhetoric of Indigenous Tharu Homestays in Nepal. Interdisciplinary Journal of Innovation in Nepalese Academia, 2(2), 247-263. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/idjina.v2i2.59503

8. Bhusal, P. C., & Khanal, A. (2026). The 2025 Gen Z Protest in Nepal: Media Representation and Discourse of Democratic Deficit. The Spectrum, 4(1), 15–36. https://doi.org/10.3126/spectrum.v4i1.92914 

9. Bhusal, P. C., & Khanal, S. (2025). Dalit Identity as an Oppressively Constructed Deficit in Nepal: A Historical Perspective. Vox Batauli, 10(1), 64–80. https://doi.org/10.3126/vb.v10i1.87367 

Book Reviews

1. Bhusal, P. C. (2026). Contemporary literary and cultural theory: concepts and applications: edited by Puspa Damai, London and New York, Routledge, 2025, 240 pp., £124.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781032993782. Global South Literary Studies, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/30684781.2026.2624541 

2. Bhusal, P.C. (2024). Rhetoric in Composition: Teaching Writing to Foster Agency and Independence in Students (Review of the book Writing Rhetorically: Fostering Responsive Thinkers and Communicators, by Jennifer Fletcher, 2021). Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura (RLEE). 1(1), 149-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.37514/RLE-J.2024.1.1.08

Published Open Sources

1. Abarca, M. E. (Host). (2024, March 20). Culinary Choice, Kinship and Embodiment. El Paso Food    Voices (No. 18) [Audio podcast episode]. https://elpasofoodvoices.podbean.com/e/19-    culinary-choice-kinship-and-embodiment/ [Audio Podcast]

2. Bhusal, P.C. (2024, January 23). Reflections on My Culinary Subjectivities. Epicureans, El Paso   Food Voices. [Blog-Post:] https://volt.utep.edu/epfoodvoices/epicureans-post/reflections-my-culinary-subjectivities/2

3. Bhusal, P.C. (2026, April 24). From Dilemma to Decision: Rhetorical Positionality as a Framework for Designing a Doctoral Dissertation Topic. Frontera Retórica Symposium. University of Texas at El Paso, USA. [Visual-Argument] [https://scholarworks.utep.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=fr_symposium] 

4. Bhusal, P.C. (2013). “Nationalism as a Reconciling Principle in Balkrishna Sama’s  Mukunda Indira. In Shweta Shardul, vol. X. Madan Bhandari Memorial College, Kathmandu, Nepal. [Article] (NB: Available only in print copy)

Research Mentoring

1. Mentored a first-year composition student whose literacy narrative was published as sample writing in the UTEP FYC Handbook.

2. Supervised two M.A. theses at Madan Bhandari Memorial College, Nepal: “An Eco-feminist Reading of A Thousand Acres” and “Women as Subalterns in Jean Sasson’s Desert Royal.”

Conference Presentations

1. Bhusal, P.C. (2026, April 24). From Dilemma to Decision: Rhetorical Positionality as a Framework for Designing a Doctoral Dissertation Topic. Frontera Retórica Symposium. University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

2. Bhusal, P.C. (2026, March 5). Designing Justice through Counterstorying Pedagogy in FYC Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Cleveland, OH.

3. Bhusal, P.C. (2026, January 10). Doing Digital Multimodal: Pedagogical Innovations in the Age of Gen AI. Modern Language Association (MLA). Toronto, Canada.

4. Bhusal, P.C. (2025, April 09-12). Techno-Oppression versus Digital Love: Remixing Counterstories in FYC Classrooms. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

5. Bhusal, P.C. (2025, April 09-12). Spiritual Intelligence in FYC Pedagogy: Karma Yoga as an Antidote to Mid-Term Deficiency Syndrome. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Sponsored Panel: Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL).

6. Bhusal, P.C. (2025, April 09-12). Transition Angst and Institutional Responsibility: Transition Experiences of Students from the Global South in US Universities. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). (Sponsored Panel, Doctoral Consortium in Rhetoric and Composition), Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

7. Bhusal, P.C. (2025, January 9-12). Professional Expertise versus Student Literacies: Inventing Counterstorying in Composition Classrooms. Modern Language Association. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

8. Bhusal, P.C. (2024, April 3-6). Scarcity Versus Abundance: (Re)Sourcing Critical Counterstories in First-Year Composition Classrooms. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Spokane, Washington, USA.

9. Bhusal, P.C (2024, March 16). Pandemic Pedagogy in Nepal: Stories of Arjuna(s) and Counterstories of Ekalavya(s). Nepalese Student Association (NeSA) 15th International Conference. New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA.

10. Bhusal, P.C. (2023, October 12-14). Writing to Re-define ‘Incest’ for a Casteless Community. Coalition for Community Writing. Denver, Colorado, USA.

11. Bhusal, P.C. (2023, April 21-23). Pedagogy of Unlearning at the University Writing Center: A Collaborative Process of Becoming. East Central Writing Center Association (ECWCA). Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

12. Bhusal, P.C. (2023, March 18). Rhetoric of Collaboration among the Nepalese Community(ies) in Norway during the Pandemic. Nepalese Student Association (NeSA) 14th International Conference. New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA.

13. Bhusal, P. C. (2020, January 9-10). A Non-Western Meta-perspective on Indigenous Sami Identity. The Nordic Research Network for Sami and Indigenous Peoples’ Law (NORSIL), The Arctic University of Norway, Norway. 

Awards, Fellowships, Scholarships

1. CCCC Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship Award, 2025. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/awards/chairsscholarship)

2. CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award, 2024. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Spokane, Washington, USA. (https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/awards/scholarsforthedream)

3. 2026 Cindy and Dickie Selfe DMAC (Digital Media and Composition) Fellowship, $950. Attended the 8-day DMAC Institute and learned the fundamentals (theory and pedagogy) of digital and multimodal composition, using Audacity for audio composition and DeVinci for video composition.

4. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2026-2027, College of Liberal Arts (CoLART), University of Texas at El Paso

5. Burmeister Conference Travel Funds, Fall 2025, College of Liberal Arts (CoLART), University of Texas at El Paso

6. MLA Convention Grants for Graduate Students, 2024.

7. Juergen & Phyllis Hunter Strauss Fellowships, Department of English, University of Texas at EL Paso (8 Times)

8. Diana Natalicio Doctoral Fellowship in the Liberal Arts, UTEP, 2022–2023

9. North2North Scholarship for Exchange Semester, University of Northern British Columbia (2018) [Selected via competitive review for Fall 2018; unutilized due to visa processing delays]

10. Accommodation Scholarship, International Arctic School – Winter School (IAS-HIT-Winter2020), Harbin Institute of Technology, China (2020). [Awarded via competitive selection of 100 graduate students from more than 20 countries; could not attend due to unexpected family circumstances.]

11. Selected Delegate, Model Arctic Council, Akureyri, Iceland (2020) [Selected through competitive application process; unable to attend due to personal and family logistics.]