- PH.D in Interdisciplinary from Memorial University, Canada
- Master of Science in Maritime Economics from Erasmus University, Netherlands
- Capt. Ashok Pandey is a former shipmaster with a sea-career spanning more than two decades most of which was spent on ice. An avid researcher, his current areas of research interest include shipping route modelling in the Arctic using GIS and the e-navigation platform. He has spent the last ten years in academia and has lectured on various subjects including International Maritime Business, Supply Chain Management and Ship Chartering and Port Economics. He has commanded Cape size bulk carriers (ice-class) for almost a decade and specializes in high latitude navigation.
Ph.D. Miami University, Rhetoric and Composition, 2019
M.A. Miami University, Rhetoric and Composition, 2015
Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Miami University, 2015
Dual B.A. Northern Kentucky University, English Literature; Philosophy, 2012
As an Appalachian Kentucky native, Caleb Pendygraft has spent his academic career interested in the intersections of reading, writing, mean-making, and identity. Particularly, he is curious about how we embody our literacies in places, and researches LGBTQ Appalachian literacy practices. His scholarly work explores how becoming literate involves a vast diversity of non-human agents. Making use of new materialist philosophies, his pedagogy and writing treats literacy as an active participatory force in our everyday life. His teaching repertoire is interdisciplinary, having taught a number of classes: American Culture; Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition courses both at the undergraduate and graduate levels; Literature; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; along with Business Communications and Technical writing. You can find his publications in KillJoy Magazine and Appalachia Journal. Recently, he has a coauthored chapter in Storytelling in Queer Appalachia (2020, WVU Press). He has two chapters in process. One which explores a theoretical concept he coins "embodied technologies" and another that examines new materialism in Appalachian LGBTQ Anthropocene literature. Outside the Academy, Caleb is a proud cat dad and loves to be out in nature.
- Courses Taught:
- EM-5120: Emergency Operations
- FM-5090: Emergency Preparedness
- Education:
- M.S. Emergency Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2014
- B.A. Geography & Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
Education: M.A.,New York University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Background:
Courses taught:
- Spanish I
- Spanish II
- Western Civilization (Social Science Department)