Keywords:
race, pedagogy, innovation
Abstract
As the Black Lives Matter movement grew at our small, private PWI college, our writing center staff (all undergraduates) wanted to contribute. We talked and, realizing that communication in online tutoring was even more precarious than in face-to-face sessions, knew we needed to do something. We thought a two-pronged effort made sense. To create a truly inclusive presence whether online or in person and to encourage the language of justice in student writing, we decided to form a committee of center consultants to draft policies on language and outreach materials to help the community to become more socially effective interlocutors. We also decided to add an emphasis of social justice to our annual writers’ conference. This presentation discusses the problem in the context of our PWI campus, our goals, the materials we are developing, and changes we made to our annual writers’ conference.
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Citation Information
Type of Source: Conference Presentation
Presenters: Cynthia Cochran, Joshua Knight, Justine Kennedy, and Katelyn Scott
Year of Presentation: 2021
Title of Presentation: Aligning with the Language of Justice in the Writing Center
Conference: Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA)
Location of Conference: Virtual