By: Laurie Garcia, Aaron Goulette, Lionell Manlutac, Shelly Mansfield, Sam Mata, J. Sonya Patino, and Laura Gonzales In the summer of 2017, we took a special topics course called Social Justice through Technical Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso. As part of this course, we were asked to document our course readings and to write a collaborative entry for the DRC Wiki, where we outlined the articles that we read and discussed together. In this blog post, we’ll introduce and extend the contributions that we made to the DRC Wiki, specifically by providing more context for the…
Author: Laura Gonzales
Laura Gonzales
Laura Gonzales is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the University of Texas, El Paso. Her research focuses on highlighting the benefits of linguistic diversity in professional and academic spaces.
Presenters Frank Macarthy, Illinois State University Julie Bates, Illinois State University Sarah Warren-Riley, Illinois State University @francismacarthy @juliecbates & @sjwarrenriley remind us of why techno- cyber- feminsms are still so important to #cwcon #g6 pic.twitter.com/maxXjwLx9Y — Angela Haas (@angela_haas) June 3, 2017 Review The most important and valuable aspect of C&W for me is the awareness of and purposeful moves toward social justice being made by digital rhetorics researchers in this community. This panel was no exception. The research being conducted by Frank Macarthy, Julie Bates, and Sarah Warren-Riley at Illinois State University is rigorous, thought-provoking, and most importantly, justice-centered.…
Panelists: Bump Halbritter, Julie Lindquist, Ronisha Browdy Review Among so many conversations highlighting this year’s Watson conference theme of mobility, this panel provided an important space for us to pause and ask questions. More specifically, grounded in conversations about Michigan State University’s First-Year Writing Program, this panel provided an opportunity for attendees to engage in tough and invaluable conversations about the place, importance, and sustainability of first-year writing. Halbritter and Lindquist began this discussion by presenting emerging and ongoing developments in MSU’s FYW program, a program they describe as situated in the lived experiences of students. Working as the current…
One of the biggest lessons we learned as a team of teacher-researchers in Michigan is that the scaffolding and teaching of “digital writing” begins before anyone gets on a computer. In this post, we’d like to share a story about how we, as a team of teacher-researchers, came to understand the importance of building classroom communities that support students as they write together in both digital and physical spaces. Who we are and where we teach We are a team of three urban educators who teach in a suburb of Detroit. Oak Park High School is located just over a…