Education
Ph.D., English (Rhetoric and Composition, SLS), Purdue University
MA, TESOL, Minnesota State University
M.Ed., ELT, Kathmandu University
B.Ed., English, Tribhuvan University
Shyam Pandey
he/his/him
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Professional and technical communication
Environmental and science communication
Intercultural communication
Biography
Dr. Pandey specializes in technical and professional communication (TPC), digital rhetorics, transnational rhetorics, AI, and environmental rhetorics. At 91影视破解版, he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in technical communication, scientific writing, intercultural communication, information design and environmental communication. His work has appeared in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Computers and Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, World Englishes, MinneTESOL Journal, the Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, and in the proceedings of ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC) and the Annual International Conference on American Business Communication.
His current projects include a study of AI in advising and the ethics of digital companionship, an analysis of the rhetorical framing of climate change, a multimodal rhetorical examination of two transnational cultural traditions, a collaborative project on community-engaged grant writing, and research on global intercultural communication.
Selected Publications
Edited Collections
Khadka, S. and Pandey, S. B., editors. Professionalizing Multimodal Composition. Utah State University Press, 2023.
Pandey, S. B. and Khadka, S., editors. Multimodal Composition: Faculty Development Programs and Institutional Change. Routledge, 2021.
Articles/Book Chapters/Special Issues
Pandey, Shyam, Pate, Robin, Herbert, Michele, Arthurs, Aresia, Woolley, Anna, and
Jenkins, Tameca, 鈥淧racticing Grant and Proposal Writing with a Community-Engaged Approach:
Reflections of Emerging Technical Communication Scholars.鈥� Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, vol. 1, 2025, pp. 45鈥�103.
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淩hetoric in Action: A Multimodal and Rhetorical Analysis of PETA and Animal Justice Online Advocacy.鈥� Computers and Composition, 2025, pp. 1鈥�15,
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淩ethinking Grant Writing Pedagogy: Integrating Social Justice Through a Community-Engaged Approach in Teaching Grants and Proposals. Technical Communication Quarterly, 2025, pp. 1鈥�21,
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淓xploring Design Strategies for Student Career Portfolios.鈥� Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2025, pp. 1鈥�31,
Chen, Jianfen, Pandey, Shyam., and Baniya, Sweta. 鈥淣avigating Immigration as an Alien: Discursive Interface Analysis of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.鈥� IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2025, pp. 22鈥�40,
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淎 Comparative Rhetorical Analysis of Trump and Biden鈥檚 Climate Change Speeches: Framing Strategies in Politics.鈥� Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2025, pp. 1鈥�25. 2025.
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淭ransnational Technical and Business Communication Writers in Making of a Multimodal Career Portfolio.鈥� Proceedings of the 87th ABC Annual International Conference on American Business Communication, 2022, pp. 177鈥�179.
Henderson Lee, Sarah., and Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淚ntroducing World Englishes to Multilingual Writers in a First-Year Composition Course.鈥� Transformations: Change Work Across Writing Programs, and Practices, edited by Kristi Cole and Holly Hassel, Utah State University Press, 2022, pp.210鈥�224.
Pandey, Shyam, and Chen, Jianfen. 鈥淚s Facebook Easier to Use than WeChat? A Critical Comparative Analysis of Interface Features of WeChat and Facebook.鈥� Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, 2021, pp. 213鈥�223,
Pandey, S., Ding, Ai-Chu Elisha., and Khadka, Santosh. 鈥淪pecial Issue on Multimodal Composition in Multilingual Contexts.鈥� Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies and Emerging Pedagogies, 2021,
Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淓nglish in Nepal.鈥� World Englishes, 2020, pp. 500鈥�513.
Henderson Lee, Sarah., and Pandey, Shyam. 鈥淲riting Pedagogy and Practice in South Asia: A Case of English Language Teachers and Teacher Trainers in Nepal.鈥� Second Language Writing Instruction in International Contexts: Language Teacher Preparation and Development, edited by Lisya Seloni and Sarah Henderson Lee, 2020. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters, 2020, pp. 131鈥�149,
Special Issue on Multimodal Composition in Multilingual Contexts (co-edited with A. Ding and S. Khadka). Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies and Emerging Pedagogies, 7(1). 2021.
Honors and Awards
2022, CCCC Scholars for Dreams Award by Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).
2021, Civil Society Scholar Award.
2021, CPTSC Diversity Scholarship Award by Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC).
2014, U.S. Department of State, International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) Award 2014.
2014, TESOL Professional Grant.
2012, IATEFL Gillian Porter Ladousse Scholarship, UK.
Service
2023-2025, Coordinator, Technical Communication Minor and Certificate, Technical Communication Program, Sam Houston State University.
2022-present. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies (JOGLTEP).
2025, Award Committee Member, Computers and Composition Hugh Burns Dissertation Award.
2024-2025, Award Committee Member, CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award.
2023-2024, Faculty Senator, Sam Houston State University.
2022-2024, Member, Global Engagement Center Advisory Board, International Office, Sam Houston State University.
2022-2023, Member, Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Subcommittee, Sam Houston State University.
2022, Ken Rainey Award Committee Member Society for Technical Communication (STC).