Editorial Board
Sehrish Naudhani, Editor, is a Ph.D. student and in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. Sehrish has 5 years of experience teaching English at a university in Pakistan. Her research interests are in the field of CALL and digital literacies. She has also has publications related to Sociolinguistics.
Mary Rice, Faculty Editor, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. Mary's research and teaching focuses on post-human views of digital literacies and learning. Mary has worked in publishing since 2000 as a newspaper reporter, a book editor, a magazine editor, an online newsletter editor, and she has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Online Learning Research and the managing editor of Online Learning.
Past Editors
Ruth Trinidad-Galván, Ph.D., Founding Editor, was a Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. She was a twice Fulbright Research and Teaching Scholar in Ecuador and Mexico and the author of Women Who Stay Behind: Pedagogies of Survival in Rural Transmigrant Mexico (2015). She was also the co-editor of the Handbook of Latinos and Education, which received the Critics’ Choice Award in 2010 from the American Educational Studies Association. Among her most significant accomplishments she included raising three remarkable daughters and being a classroom teacher in inner city Los Angeles.
Virginia Necochea, Ph.D., Founding Editor, is currently Executive Director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. A long-time educator, researcher, writer, and community advocate, Virginia is the former executive director of the Center for Social Sustainable Systems (CESOSS), a community-led nonprofit focused on protecting and preserving land and water resources in the Valle de Atrisco (South Valley, NM) and larger Middle Rio Grande region.
Pisarn Bee Chamcharatsri, Ph.D., Past Faculty Editor, is Associate Professor (joint appointed) in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies and Department of English and Literature at University of New Mexico. His research interests include second language acquisition (SLA), emotions, second language (L2) writing, creative writing, and writing center. His publications appear in Asian EFL Journal, Journal of Response to Writing, Writing on the Edge, and many chapters in edited collections.
Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady, Ph.D., Past Faculty Editor, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Her research explores the role of language, culture, and community in African American student learning.
Beth Giebus Chávez, Past Managing Editor, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies of the University of New Mexico. An English and ESOL instructor with over 20 years' teaching experience at the secondary and postsecondary levels, Beth's current research focuses on critical digital pedagogy, community-engaged research, and arts-based learning.
Romaisha Rahman, Past Student Editor, is a Ph.D. candidate and an instructor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico. Romaisha has over 13 years of teaching experience in secondary and postsecondary English education. Her current research focuses on microaggressions, native speaker fallacy, and World Englishes. Her publications appear in TESOL NNEST Newsletter, New Mexico English Journal, and Composition Forum.