Sweta Baniya

• Professional and Technical Writing
• Non-Western Rhetorics 
• Cultural and Digital Rhetoric 
• Transnational Disaster Rhetorics and Risk/Crisis Communication 
• Community and Civic Engagement 

• PhD in English (Rhetoric and Composition), Purdue University, Lafayette, IN,
• Master of Philosophy in English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal 
• Master of Arts in English, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal

• Editorial Board Member, Studies in Rhetoric and Writing
• Editorial Board Member, Young Scholars in Writing
• Advisor, Code for Nepal
• Digital Media and Outreach Director, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric 
• Alternative Interactions Planning Committee, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric 
• Stage I Reviewer Conference on College Composition and Communication 2021
• Member, nextGEN Special Committee for CCCC
• Member, CCCC Wikipedia Initiative Committee
• Member, Coalition for Community Writing’s Engaged Graduate Student Initiative
• Founding Member, nextGEN 

• Conference on College Composition and Communication Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship, 2020
  
• Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication and Bedford St. Martin’s Diversity Scholarship Award, 2019
  
• Computers and Writing Conference Kairos Service Award for Graduate Students and Adjuncts, 2019

Journal Articles

Baniya, S. (2022). Transnational Assemblages in Disaster Response: Networked Communities, Technologies, and Coalitional Actions During Global Disasters. Technical Communication Quarterly, 31(4), 326–342. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2022.2034973

Baniya, S., (May, 2022). How Can Technical Communicators Help in Disaster Response? Technical Communications, 69 (2). https://doi.org/10.55177/tc658475

Baniya, S., Brien, A., Call, K., Kumar, R., (2021) Covid, International Partnerships, and the Possibility of Equity: Enhancing Digital Literacy in Rural Nepal amid a Pandemic. Reflections, 21 (1). Publication with undergraduate students and community partner. URL

Baniya, S., (2021). The Implication of Transnational Activism and Disaster Response for Global Social Justice. Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal.  (Invited publication). Eight pages approx. Online.  URL: https://tinyurl.com/87rwnecw  

Baniya, S., & Chen, C. (2021). Experiencing a Global Pandemic: The Power of Public Storytelling as Counternarrative in Crisis Communication.  Special Issue of Technical Communication on “The Work of Storytelling in Technical Communication. Technical Communications (p. 74-87). 13 pages. (Lead author). Print. 

Baniya, S., & Potts, L., (2021). Valuing Expertise During the Pandemic. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 35(1) 28-34. Print. Seven Pages. (Lead author) https://doi.org/10.1177/1050651920958503

Sherman, D., Mentzer, N., Baniya, S., Bartholomew, S., & Laux, D. (2021). Across the Disciplines: Our Gained Knowledge in Assessing a First-Year Integrated Experience. International Journal of Technology and Design Education.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-020-09650-6 (23 pages). Print. (Co-author)

Baniya, S., Brein, A., & Call, K. (2021). International Service Learning in Technical Communication during a Global Pandemic. Programmatic Perspective, 12(2), 26–58. 

Baniya, S., Doan, S., Kumari, A., Johnson, G. P., & Schwarz, V. M. (2021). Coalitional literacies of digital safety and solidarity: A white paper on nextGEN international listserv. Computers and Composition, 62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2021.102681

Baniya, S. (2020). Managing Environmental Risks: Rhetorical Agency and Ecological Literacies of Women During the Nepal Earthquake. Enculturation (32) Special Issue: Rhetorics and Literacies of Climate Change. 11 pages approx. Online. URL http://enculturation.net/managing_environmental (Single-authored)

Bartholomew, S.R., Mentzer, N, Jones, M., Sherman, D., & Baniya, S., (2020) Learning by Evaluating (LbE) through Adaptive Comparative Judgment. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. Online. 15 pages.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-020-09639-1 (Co-author) (Winner of Silvius-Wolansky Outstanding Publication Award awarded by Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education)

Parupudi, T., Sherman, D., Mentzer, N., Chesley, A., Baniya, S., & Laux, D. (2020) Oral Communication in an Integrated STEM and Humanities First-Year Experience. Journal of Technology Education, 32 (1), 50-64. Print. 14 pages. https://doi.org/10.21061/jte.v32i1.a.4 (Co-author)

Kumari, A, Baniya, S., & Larson, K. (2020).  The Necessity of Genre Disruption in Organizing an Advocacy Space for and by Graduate Students. Xchanges, 15 (1), 1-8. Online. Egiht Pages. (Co-author)

Baniya, S., Chesley, A., Mentzer, N., Bartholomew, S., Moon, C., & Sherman, D. (2019). Using Adaptive Comparative Judgment in Writing Assessment: An Investigation of Reliability Among Interdisciplinary Evaluators. Journal of Technological Studies, 45 (2), 24-45. Print. 22 Pages. (Lead author)

Baniya S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and Experience Design: Negotiating Community-Oriented Digital Research with Service-Learning. Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6,11–16. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979 Print. Six Pages. (Lead author)

Baniya, S; Diab, K; Hendrickson, B; Grayson, M.L; Holly, H; Kumari, A; Larson, K; Messina, C.M; Paul, G; Ruiz, I. (2019) “Where we Are: Dialogue and Disciplinary Space.” Composition Studies, 47 (2): 203–210. Eight Pages. (Co-authored)

[1] Primary Author

Book Chapters

Baniya, S. (2020). Rhetorical Comparison of Hindu God Krishna and Plato: An Exploration of Non-Western Hindu Rhetoric. In K. Lloyd. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion of Comparative and World Rhetorics, pp. 164-172. Routledge.

Funding Organization: Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication. Research Grant with Dr. Jessica Edwards, Dr. Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Dr. Josephine Walwema. ($2,000) for the project: “Service Learning in Technical and Professional Communication through Social Justice and Intercultural Frameworks: A Multisite Study” ($2,000)

• 3104: Professional Writing
• 3814: Creating User Documentation with Service Learning 

Currently, her class 3814: Creating User Documentation is partnering with Code for Nepal to create user documents to increase digital literacy in Nepal.