Multimodal Composition: Faculty Development Programs and Institutional Change

This collection explores the role of individual faculty initiatives and institutional faculty development programs in supporting programmatic adoption of multimodal composition across diverse institutional contexts.

The volume speaks to the growing interest in multimodal composition in university classrooms as the digital media and technology landscape has evolved to showcase the power and value of employing multiple modes in educational contexts. Drawing on case studies from a range of institutions, the book is divided into four parts, each addressing the needs of different stakeholders, including scholars, instructors, department chairs, curriculum designers, administrators, and program directors: faculty initiatives; curricular design and pedagogies; faculty development programs; and writing across disciplines. Taken together, the 16 chapters make the case for an integrated approach bringing together insights from unique faculty initiatives with institutional faculty development programs in order to effectively execute, support, and expand programmatic adoption of multimodal composition.

This book will be of interest to scholars in multimodal composition, rhetoric, communication studies, education technology, media studies, and instructional design, as well as administrators supporting program design and faculty development.

Shyam B. Pandey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of English at Purdue University, where he is also working as a professional writing instructor. He has published several articles in journals and co-edited two creative writing books sponsored by the US Embassy in Nepal. Shyam recently co-edited a special issue of Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies on "Multimodal Composition in Multilingual Contexts." His research interests include multimodal composition, technical and professional communication, multilingual writing, social and environmental justice, and anti-racist pedagogies.

Santosh Khadka is an Associate Professor of English at the California State University, Northridge. He is an author of a monograph and co-editor of three books. His monograph, Multiliteracies, Emerging Media, and College Writing Instruction, was published by Routledge in 2019. His two co-edited volumes―Bridging the Multimodal Gap: From Theory to Practice (2019), and Designing and Implementing Multimodal Curricula and Programs (Routledge, 2018)―centered on multimodality. He also published his third co-edited book, Narratives of Marginalized Identities in Higher Education: Inside and Outside the Academy, with Routledge in 2018. Khadka now teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in writing, rhetoric, digital media, and business communication.