Sidouane Patcha-Lum

Sidouane Patcha-Lum serves as a Lecturer in the Department of English within Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, specializing in technical writing instruction and program development centered on ethical and inclusive pedagogical practices.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Texas at El Paso, emphasizing multimodal literacies and user experience
• M.S. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University
• B.Sc. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea (Cameroon)

Her research integrates technical communication with social justice frameworks, focusing on how multimodal literacies and participatory action research can advance diversity in professional writing contexts. She actively examines cultural dimensions of user experience design and advocates for community-engaged pedagogy that bridges academic theory with real-world applications in underserved communities.