Presentations
International Conferences
Pihlaja, B. (2021, March). User-centered design and writing instruction Development. Paper to be presented at the Writing and Research Across Borders (WRAB) V Conference, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. Rescheduled from March 2020 and conducted online due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, July). Style, Culture, and Power in Digitally Mediated Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) Conference, Birmingham, England.
Pihlaja, B. (2017, February). New black boxes: Preparing students to compose digitally across borders. Paper presented at Writing Across Borders IV, Bogotá, Colombia.
Pihlaja, B. (2013, June). Shame and the homo sacer: Rushdie and Agamben in dialogue. Paper presented at Except Asia: Agamben’s Work in Transcultural Perspective, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Conferences
Pihlaja, B. & Piña, M. (2024, May). (Re)Theorizing Asynchronicity: Naturalizing Failure in Higher Education. Paper presented at Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference. Denver, CO.
Pihlaja, B. (2019, October). Risks and rewards of co-creating syllabi and activity with student-as-course-‘users.’ Paper presented at UNC Charlotte 6th Annual Conference on Writing Studies. Charlotte, NC.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, October). Disciplining new materialism: Attuning to “ambient whiteness.” Paper to be presented at 3rd Biennial Cultural Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing, MI.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, March). Decolonizing Networked Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City, MO.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, March). Culture and Power in Digitally Mediated Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Kansas City, KS.
Pihlaja, B. and Durá, L. (2017, March). The challenges and benefits of navigating uncertainty at a bilingual research site on the U.S.-Mexico border. Paper presented at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Portland, OR.
Pihlaja, B. (2017, March). Lurking as rhetorical listening: Cultivating productive engagement on race with social media. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR.
Pihlaja, B. (2016, April). New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters. Poster session presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX.
Calderon, K., Kropp, J., Pihlaja, B., and Ward, D. (2016, February). Celebrating scholarship: The entering student research and creative projects showcase. Paper presentation at the 35th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Pihlaja, B. (2014, November). Universality and particularity: A way forward. Paper presented at Cultural Rhetorics: Entering the Conversation, E. Lansing, MI.
Duarte, D. and Pihlaja, B. (2013, February). “Everybody hates group work”: Online technology as teaching and management tool for first-year student collaboration. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Pihlaja, B. (2011, June). Access and excellence: serving foster and homeless students at UTEP. Paper presented at The Conference for International Research on Cross-cultural Learning in Education, El Paso, TX.
Regional Conferences
Pihlaja, B. (2015, October). Analyzing technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical situations using activity theory and actor-network theory. Paper presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association, Santa Fe, NM.
Pihlaja, B. (2013, February). Stasis and computer-mediated intercultural encounters. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Albuquerque, NM.
Workshops
Pihlaja, B. and Varela, D. (2016, February). Virtual teaching & learning: Taking FYE to the net. Workshop conducted at the 35th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Invited Presentations
Pihlaja, B. Intercultural Communication. Presentation to UTEP study abroad cohort, April 2016, October 2015, November 2014, April 2014, October 2013
Pihlaja, B. (2021, March). User-centered design and writing instruction Development. Paper to be presented at the Writing and Research Across Borders (WRAB) V Conference, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. Rescheduled from March 2020 and conducted online due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, July). Style, Culture, and Power in Digitally Mediated Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) Conference, Birmingham, England.
Pihlaja, B. (2017, February). New black boxes: Preparing students to compose digitally across borders. Paper presented at Writing Across Borders IV, Bogotá, Colombia.
Pihlaja, B. (2013, June). Shame and the homo sacer: Rushdie and Agamben in dialogue. Paper presented at Except Asia: Agamben’s Work in Transcultural Perspective, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Conferences
Pihlaja, B. & Piña, M. (2024, May). (Re)Theorizing Asynchronicity: Naturalizing Failure in Higher Education. Paper presented at Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference. Denver, CO.
Pihlaja, B. (2019, October). Risks and rewards of co-creating syllabi and activity with student-as-course-‘users.’ Paper presented at UNC Charlotte 6th Annual Conference on Writing Studies. Charlotte, NC.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, October). Disciplining new materialism: Attuning to “ambient whiteness.” Paper to be presented at 3rd Biennial Cultural Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing, MI.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, March). Decolonizing Networked Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City, MO.
Pihlaja, B. (2018, March). Culture and Power in Digitally Mediated Intercultural Rhetorical Encounters. Paper presented at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. Kansas City, KS.
Pihlaja, B. and Durá, L. (2017, March). The challenges and benefits of navigating uncertainty at a bilingual research site on the U.S.-Mexico border. Paper presented at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Portland, OR.
Pihlaja, B. (2017, March). Lurking as rhetorical listening: Cultivating productive engagement on race with social media. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR.
Pihlaja, B. (2016, April). New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters. Poster session presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX.
Calderon, K., Kropp, J., Pihlaja, B., and Ward, D. (2016, February). Celebrating scholarship: The entering student research and creative projects showcase. Paper presentation at the 35th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Pihlaja, B. (2014, November). Universality and particularity: A way forward. Paper presented at Cultural Rhetorics: Entering the Conversation, E. Lansing, MI.
Duarte, D. and Pihlaja, B. (2013, February). “Everybody hates group work”: Online technology as teaching and management tool for first-year student collaboration. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Pihlaja, B. (2011, June). Access and excellence: serving foster and homeless students at UTEP. Paper presented at The Conference for International Research on Cross-cultural Learning in Education, El Paso, TX.
Regional Conferences
Pihlaja, B. (2015, October). Analyzing technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical situations using activity theory and actor-network theory. Paper presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association, Santa Fe, NM.
Pihlaja, B. (2013, February). Stasis and computer-mediated intercultural encounters. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Albuquerque, NM.
Workshops
Pihlaja, B. and Varela, D. (2016, February). Virtual teaching & learning: Taking FYE to the net. Workshop conducted at the 35th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience, Orlando, FL.
Invited Presentations
Pihlaja, B. Intercultural Communication. Presentation to UTEP study abroad cohort, April 2016, October 2015, November 2014, April 2014, October 2013