Research
My primary goal as a researcher is to help composition teachers negotiate with space, body and physical absences in their online pedagogies. My research reasserts the position of the teacher in an online pedagogic space and argues that the presence or simulated presence of bodies in a colossal, networked, interactive web spce might be vital in learning and composing collaboratively.
My doctoral dissertation employs qualitative research to examine the use of technology as a tool of practicing and teaching performative cultural memory. As an example, I have explored the pedagogic practice of Odissi dance. Odissi is an ancient Indian dance practiced as early as in 100 BCE. New digital technologies have had a profound effect on the teaching and practice of traditional dance as well as the ways in which we understand preservation of cultural memory. It is understandable that the new technologies have created a divide in the dance community. My project opens up space for critical conversations on the use technology in the pedagogic practice in this ancient traditional art.
Current Study