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Santosh Khadka Assistant Professor, English Department
Dr. Khadka earned his Ph.D. in composition and cultural rhetoric at Syracuse University. His research interests include global and digital rhetorics, new media and multi-literacies, composition pedagogies and world Englishes, intercultural communication and professional writing, and literacy practices.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
When I make everyone around me happy
What is your greatest fear?
Losing affection of family and friends
Which living person do you most admire?
Stephen Hawking
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Arrogance
What is your greatest extravagance?
Being able to travel back home
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Rose flower
Which talent would you most like to have?
Moviemaking
What is your motto?
To be a good person
Photo courtesy of Stephanie Kim
Stephanie H. Kim Assistant Professor, Linguistics/TESL Department
Dr. Kim earned her Ph.D. in applied linguistics at University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include conversation and discourse analysis, interactional linguistics, pragmatics, and TESL/TEFL pedagogy.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
There are many! Exploring a new city/town, working in a coffee shop with a good cup of coffee and music, a getaway trip to the mountains, hit yoga at the end of a busy day…
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Laziness
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Narcissism
When and where were you happiest?
I think it was sometime back in college when I met my husband and lifelong friends and had many, many dreams.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Getting a Ph.D.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be?
A song
Which talent would you most like to have?
I really admire scriptwriters. I wish I had the ability to write a script or novel!