Ashanka Kumari's guest appearances

Ashanka Kumari

Pedagogue

On the Job w/ the Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative.

Antonio Byrd

John Duffy

Liz Miller

Steve Parks

Charles Woods

Lisa King

Alfie Kohn

Mike Rose

Stephanie Wade

Sarah Z

Tara Wood

Steven Alvarez

Steph Ceraso

Nancy Sommers

Cruz Medina

OwlTail

In this episode, Ashanka Kumari talks about how she came to be a writing teacher, her pedagogies and classroom values, self-care and issues of power, collaboration, mobility, and graduate student professionalization.

Episode 78: Ashanka Kumari

The penultimate episode of On the Job has arrived! Hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores are joined this time by Dr. Ashanka Kumari, an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce.  In this interview, Ashanka talks about working with graduate students by drawing on her own experiences as a grad student, using multiple job offers (if you have them) as leverage for the job you want, and taking the time to take care of herself. Ashanka also talks about the importance of student diversity and living in a place that resonates with your identity.  Feel free to follow Ashanka on Twitter, and head over to her website to read more about her. To read a transcript of this episode, head over to the DRC website, and you can find the other episodes in this series, as well! The next episode is the last one in this series, and we're so thankful you've been along for the ride.  Content Warning: Please be aware that gun violence is discussed within this episode. 

The penultimate episode of On the Job has arrived! Hosts Nupoor Ranade and Wilfredo Flores are joined this time by Dr. Ashanka Kumari, an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&amp;M University-Commerce.  In this interview, Ashanka talks about working with graduate students by drawing on her own experiences as a grad student, using multiple job offers (if you have them) as leverage for the job you want, and taking the time to take care of herself. Ashanka also talks about the importance of student diversity and living in a place that resonates with your identity.  Feel free to <a href="https://twitter.com/LitaStarr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow Ashanka on Twitter</a>, and head over to <a href="http://www.ashankakumari.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her website</a> to read more about her. To read a transcript of this episode, <a href="https://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/category/conversations/interviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">head over to the DRC website</a>, and you can find the other episodes in this series, as well! The next episode is the last one in this series, and we're so thankful you've been along for the ride.  Content Warning: Please be aware that gun violence is discussed within this episode.

Episode 8: Dr. Ashanka Kumari