Student Information
Graduate Student
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Madhukar K C (Madhu) is a PhD student in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University, Tempe (ASU). As a first-year writing instructor, he teaches domestic and international students in the writing programs at ASU. His prior professional experiences include teaching multilingual composition as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Minnesota State University, Mankato and a decade-long teaching in K-12 contexts in Nepal. His research interests include World Englishes (WE), multilingualism, second language teacher/learner identity and emotions, nonnative English Teachers' (NNEST) identities and professional development, language ideologies, advocacy for professional equity, second language writing, TESOL, teacher education, critical pedagogy, and social justice.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Tribhuvan University (2008)
- Master of Education (M.Ed.) in English Language Teaching (ELT), Kathmandu University, Nepal (2014)
- Master of Arts in TESOL, Minnesota State University, Mankato (2020)
- Doctoral Student in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Arizona State University (2020 August--present)
Research Interests
My research interests broadly include: World Englishes (WE), multilingualism, second language teacher/learner identity and emotion, Nonnative English Teachers' (NNEST) identities and professional development, language ideologies, advocacy for professional equity, second language writing, TESOL, teacher education, critical pedagogy, and social justice.
Publications
Jain, Rashi, KC, Madhukar, & Karki, Tirtha. (2023). Raciolinguistic Entanglements and Transraciolinguistic Transgressions: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Three South Asian TESOLers in the US. Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology, 1(1), 33–55. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8365033
KC, Madhukar, Cushing, Ian, Dovchin, Sender, Flores, Nelson, Phyak, Prem, Tupas, Ruanni, & Yazan, Bedrettin. (2023). In Conversations with Scholars on Contemporary Issues and Research Agendas in Language Ideologies. Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology, 1(1), 146–165. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8365037
Courses
2025 Fall
2025 Spring
2024 Fall
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
2023 Spring
2022 Fall
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
2021 Spring
2020 Fall
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