Student Information
Graduate StudentLinguistics and Applied Linguistics
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
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.
- 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)
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.
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 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 319 | Future of English |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 108 | First-Year Composition |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 319 | Future of English |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 108 | First-Year Composition |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
| ENG 107 | First-Year Composition |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
| ENG 102 | First-Year Composition |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 101 | First-Year Composition |
TESOL International, https://www.tesol.org/
Arizona TESOL (AZTESOL), https://aztesol.org/
American Association of Applied Linguistics, https://www.aaal.org/
NELTA, https://nelta.org.np/