Prem Phyak
New York,USA
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Visiting Professor of Decolonial Education
Kathmandu University School of Education
01.2023 - Current
Visiting Professor of Decolonial Education
Kathmandu University School of Education
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
01.2020 - 12.2023
Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
01.2020 - 12.2023
Associate Professor [tenured]
Tribhuvan University
01.2019 - 12.2020
Associate Professor [tenured]
Tribhuvan University
01.2019 - 12.2020
Assistant Professor
Tribhuvan University
01.2016 - 12.2019
Assistant Professor
Tribhuvan University
01.2016 - 12.2019
Lecturer
Tribhuvan University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Lecturer
Tribhuvan University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Visiting Lecturer
Kathmandu University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Visiting Lecturer
Kathmandu University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Education
PhD - Second Language Studies
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
01.2016
Graduate Degree Certificate - Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
University of Hawaii
01.2015
MA - TESOL
UCL Institute of Education, University College London
01.2009
M.Ed. - Education
Tribhuvan University
01.2003
Languages
Yaakthung/Limbu
Nepali
English
Hindi
Honorary Appointment
Visiting Professor of Decolonial Education, Kathmandu University School of Education, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2023-01-01
Grants
- Spencer Large Grant [Finalist], Transformation from within: Indigenous teacher agency for creating spaces of Indigenous languages in Nepal’s Public schools., 2024-01-01
- General Research Fund (GRF), Family multilingualism and language policy of Nepali ethnic minorities in Hong Kong: A thirdspace perspective., 2023-01-01, 2025-01-01
Teaching - Courses
- International Comparative Education & Development Studies I, Teachers College
- Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Service
Associate Editor, Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education (DIME), 2024-01-01, present, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Founding board member, 2025-01-01, present
Membership Of Professional Organizations
- American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- Linguistic Society of Nepal (life member)
- Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association (NELTA) (life member)
Personal Information
Title: Associate Professor
Awards
- Indigenous Language Scholarship Support Fund, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), 2023-01-01
- Open Society Foundations, Civil Society Scholars Award, 2014-01-01
- Gill Sturtridge First-Time Speaker Award, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL), 2010-01-01
Publications
Engaged in Language Policy and Practices, Davis, K. A., Phyak, P., Routledge, 2017-01-01, Decolonizing language ideology: Reimaging multilingual education in Nepal, Phyak, P., Under review, De Gruyter, Power of Activism: Decolonial voices, Indigenous language justice, and education in Nepal, Phyak, P., In-progress, Multilingual education in South Asia: At the intersection of policy and practice, Adinolfi, L., Bhattacharya, U., Phyak, P., Routledge, 2022-01-01, Innovative technologies and pedagogical shifts in Nepalese higher education, Carm, E., Luitel, B., Ogrim, L., Johannesen, M., Phyak, P., Brill/Sense, 2021-01-01, Decolonial struggles in indigenous language education in neoliberal times: Identities, ideologies, and activism, Phyak, P., De Costa, P. I., Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 20, 5, 2021-01-01, Modeling of public schools: Neoliberal ideologies, school gentrification and erasure of linguistic diversity, Phyak, P., Khanal, P., Comparative Education Review, 69, 1, 2025-01-01, Looking like a boarding school student: the construction of unequal personhood in language policy in education, Phyak, P., International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2024, 285, 2024-01-01
Timeline
Visiting Professor of Decolonial Education
Kathmandu University School of Education
01.2023 - Current
Visiting Professor of Decolonial Education
Kathmandu University School of Education
01.2023 - Current
Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
01.2020 - 12.2023
Assistant Professor
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
01.2020 - 12.2023
Associate Professor [tenured]
Tribhuvan University
01.2019 - 12.2020
Associate Professor [tenured]
Tribhuvan University
01.2019 - 12.2020
Assistant Professor
Tribhuvan University
01.2016 - 12.2019
Assistant Professor
Tribhuvan University
01.2016 - 12.2019
Lecturer
Tribhuvan University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Lecturer
Tribhuvan University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Visiting Lecturer
Kathmandu University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Visiting Lecturer
Kathmandu University
01.2009 - 12.2011
Graduate Degree Certificate - Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
University of Hawaii
MA - TESOL
UCL Institute of Education, University College London
M.Ed. - Education
Tribhuvan University
PhD - Second Language Studies
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
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