Nisha Shanmugaraj has always been captivated by the power of language. “After receiving my doctorate, I was thrilled to receive a job offer from CU Boulder’s renowned Program for Writing and Rhetoric,” said Shanmugaraj, an assistant professor. She is at work on a book, “Bootstrapping Identity: Indian American Women and the Rhetorics of Internalized Racism,” being made possible with help from a 2026 President’s Fund for the Humanities grant.
Higher education is experiencing many challenges: advances in AI, shifting student expectations and evolving workforce demands. The Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) community invites you to join the 2026 conference, set for Aug. 5 and 6 at CU Boulder, where educators and learning designers from across the CU system and beyond will come together to explore how to navigate uncertainty with purpose and creativity.
