Dr Benjamin Miller, Co-Host and LO Team Lead

Dr Miller is a Senior Lecturer in English and Writing at the University of Sydney. His research examines Indigenous resistance to and within colonial literary archives.

Dr Miller is the Local Organising Team Lead.

Dr Jiva Lamsal, Co-Host

Dr Lamsal teaches writing and rhetoric at the University of Sydney. He is expert in South Asian performance traditions—especially ritual, festival, and community-based practices—highlighting relational and culturally grounded modes of communication beyond dominant Western models.

Dr Lamsal’s performance-based and intercultural perspective is leading the push for diverse, inclusive and justice-centred approaches to writing research at WRAB2026.

A/Prof Susan Thomas, Co-Host

Susan is the founder of the Writing Hub and Writing Studies program at the University of Sydney. Her current research interests include approaching Generative Artificial Intelligence as a site of rhetorical collaboration and establishing narrative ethics in Writing Program Administration.

Together with Beck Wise, Susan co-authored the site proposal for WRAB2026, which marks the first meeting of WRAB in Oceania.

Cana Nongkhlaw, RA

Cana Nongkhlaw is a PhD candidate in English and Writing at the University of Sydney. Her research investigates Indigenous Khasi approaches to education and writing. 

Cana is a research assistant supporting the Local Organising Team.