Marohang Limbu
Associate Professor; Graduate Faculty
Office: 245 Bessey Hall
Email: limbu@msu.edu
Website: https://marohang.com/
Google Scholar: Marohang Limbu
Research Areas
Multimodal Composition; Multilingualism; Himalayan Cultural Rhetorics; Oral Mundhum Traditions; Mundhum Pedagogies; Global Rhetorics
Profile
Marohang Yakthung Limbu is an associate professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures. He is a founder and editor-in-chief of Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies. His research interest includes Himalayan cultural rhetorics, Yakthung Mundhum traditions, Mundhum pedagogies, multimodal composition, multilingualism, and global rhetorics. Marohang has published a book, Delinking, Relinking, and Linking Writing and Rhetorics: Inventions and Interventions of the Sirijanga Syllabary (2021) and has co-edited several books. Marohang has been working on a long term research and documentation project that include the ancient Himalayan matrilineal/matriarchal cultural traditions, Mundhum pedagogies, and Himalayan Indigenous people’s customary traditions, including delinking, relinking, and linking writing and rehtorics. Currently, to further his research, Marohang is learning the Old Sirijanga script that was developed (before 7th century, and that has been lost for centuries) in the Himalayan regions independently of the Chinese and Indian writing systems, and he has also created GLOBAL NETWORK YouTube Channel to network with oral text experts, elders and knowledge keepers, ya-phedangmas, historians, educators, leaders, and scholars to study, explore, and digitally document Himalayan Sawa Yehang, Yet Hang, and Thibong Yakthung rhetorical traditions.
Education
PhD (Rhet/Com), University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas (2010)
MA (Rhet/Com), New Mexico State University, New Mexico (2006)
MA (Literature), Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2000)
BA (Literature), Tribhuvan University, Nepal (1994)
BEd, Tribhuwan University, Nepal (1990)
Sample Courses Taught
IAH 211 B: South Asian Studies
WRA 480: Publication Management
WRA 101: Writing as Inquiry
WRA 1004 Preparation for College Writing
WRA 130: American Radical Thoughts
WRA 110: Science and Technology
WRA 150: Evolution of American Thoughts
Representative Work
Books:
Delinking, Relinking, and Linking Writing and Rhetorics: Inventions and Interventions of the Sirijanga Syllabary. STARScholars NETWORK, 2021.
*Reprinted book (in 7 languages): Cross-Cultural Composition 2.0: Mapping/Remapping Spaces of Language Minority Students in the Contact Zones. In German, French, Dutch, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese editions, 2021.
Edited Books/Journal, Special Issue:
Yakthung and Cherokee Indigenous Rhetorics. Co-edited with C. Jennings, K. Pebbles, & A. Limbu. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Technologies, 2019.
Integration of Cloud Technologies in Digitally Networked Classrooms and Learning Communities. Co-edited with B. Gurung. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016.
Digital Rhetoric and Global Literacies: Communication Modes and Digital Practices in the Networked World. Co-edited with G. Verhulsdonck, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014.
Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization. Co-edited with B. Gurung. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013.
Book Chapters/Articles:
Yakthung Sthannaam, Mundhum, ra Lokbiswaasma Mukumlungma. Mukumlungma. Kirat Yakthung Chumlung, Japan. (co-authored with DB Angbung, & Amar Tumyahang), 57-72, 2021.
Khaasaam: Delinking, Relinking, Linking Yakthung Indigenous Mundhum (Music) Theories, Philosophies, and Practices. (co-authored with Catheryn Jennings). Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 4(2), 637-646, 2017.
Politics in Rhetoric and Writing in Paracolonial Context: A Glimpse of Limbu Language, Writing, and Literacy in Yakthung Laje. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 4(1), 550-591, 2017.
Cloud- and crowd networked pedagogy: Integrating cloud technologies in networked classrooms and local and global learning communities. Integration of Cloud Technologies in Digitally Networked Classroom and Learning Communities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016, 1-24.
Politics of Rhetoric and Writing in the Non-Western World: Delinking, Relinking, and Linking Yakthung Epistemologies. Mikphulla Laje Inghang,10(10) 36-41, 2016.
Balancing a Family/Job/Graduate Career. We Wish We’d Known: Negotiating Graduate School. Southlake, Texas: Fountainhead Press, 2015.
Digital Rhetoric and Global Literacies in the Networked Communities: Mediating Theoretical and Conceptual Epistemic Shifts in the Web 2.0 World. Digital Rhetoric and Global Literacies: Communication Modes and Digital Practices in the Networked World. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. 131-153.
Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Communities: Interweaving and Intersecting Global Communities in the Age of Cloud Computing. Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. 61-86.
Writing Across Cultures: Understanding and Teaching Writer Responsibility and Reader Responsibility Writing. Co-authored with M. McCool and X. Zeng. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies,1(2), 56-70, 2013.
Teaching Writing in the Cloud: Networked Writing Communities in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies,1(1), 1-20, 2012.
Research and Academic Affiliations
Limbuwan Study Center, Nepal
Himalayan Yakthung Cultural Studies, Nepal