RESEARCH

Areas of Interest

Key Research Awards

Honorable Mention, 2024–2025 Computers & Composition Hugh Burns Dissertation Award
2023 CPTSC Graduate Student Research Award
2023 Texas Tech Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2022 ATTW Amplification Award
2021 CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award
2021 STC, and STC Chicago Scholarship Award
2020 National Humanities Center Graduate Residency

Articles

Pihlaja, B., Das, M., Davis, L., Joswiak, R., … & Zhang, J. (2024). Translation and localization in global technical communication. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. (Special issue: Building bridges between technical and professional communication and translation studies), 67(3), 386-402. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2024.3418237
Dorpenyo, I. K., Das, M., Williams, M. F., Dayley, C., & Roundtree, A. K. (2024). Are you committed to diversity? Evaluating immigrants’ perception of diversity and inclusion claims by U.S. banks. Technical Communication. (Special issue: Practices, reflections, and methodologies: What is successful diversity, equity, and inclusion in the technical communication workplace?), 71(1), 65-89. https://doi.org/10.55177/tc225183
Das, M., & Tham, J. (2022). Tactical organizing: What can the r/wallstreetbets and GameStop frenzy teach us about technical communication in a networked age. Technical Communication, 69(2), 38-59.
Banville, M., Das, M., Davis, K., Dsouza, E., Durazzi, A., Gresbrink, E., Kalodner-Martin, E., & Stambler, D. M. (2021). Identity, agency, and precarity: Considerations of graduate students in technical communication. Programmatic Perspectives, 12(2), 5-15.
Das, M. (2020). Key takeaways and trends in remote UX research. Intercom, 67(6), 20-25.

Book Chapters

Das, M., Flahive, M., Zhang, J., & Faris M. J. (2023). Integrating the marginalized and the mainstream: Women of color graduate instructors’ experience with identity, difference, and belonging. In W. J. Macauley, Jr., L. Anglesey, B. Edwards, K.M. Lambrecht, & P. Lovas (Eds.), Threshold conscripts: Rhetoric and composition teaching assistantships. doi: 10.37514/PER-B.2023.1626.2.14
Brawley, L., Connor, M., Das, M., Dean, A., Diaz, C., Faris, M. J., … & Zhang, Y. (2023). Incorporating multimodal literacies across a FYW program: Graduate instructors’ preparation and experiences. In S. Khadka & S. B. Pandey (Eds.), Professionalizing multimodal composition. University Press of Colorado.
Das, M., & Faris, M. J. (forthcoming). Peer Review in Synchronous Online Learning Environments. In A. Cicchino & T. Hicks (Eds.), Better practices: Experts and emerging instructors explore how to better teach writing in online and hybrid spaces. WAC Clearinghouse.

Textbook Chapters

Das, M. (2021). Chapter 5: Intercultural communication. In S. Holmes & K. M. Gray (Eds.), Guide to Technical Communication. McGraw-Hill.
Das, M., & Cowan, M. (2021). Chapter 9: Project management and teamwork. In S. Holmes & K. M. Gray (Eds.), Guide to Technical Communication. McGraw-Hill.
Das, M. (2021). Chapter 16: User experience and usability testing. In S. Holmes & K. M. Gray (Eds.), Guide to Technical Communication. McGraw-Hill.

Book Reviews

Das, M. (2023). Review of User Experience as Innovative Academic Practice, by Kate Crane and Kelli Cargile Cook. Communication Design Quarterly, 11(3), 75-77.
Das, M. (2022). Review of Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication, by Stephen M. Croucher. Technical Communication Quarterly, 31(4), 433-435.

Conference Proceedings

Das, M. (2022). Designing for cultural inclusivity: A study of international patrons’ user experience with university library services. Proceedings of the 40th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, 175–177. Association for Computing Machinery, Boston, MA, USA. doi:10.1145/3513130.3559004