WPAing in a pandemic and beyond : revision, innovation, and advocacy / edited by Todd Ruecker and Sheila Carter-Tod.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruecker, Todd Christopher, editor.

Carter-Tod, Sheila Lorraine, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing centers--United States--Administration--Case studies.

Writing centers.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Case studies.

English language.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--United States--Influence--Case studies.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

Web-based instruction--United States--Case studies.

Web-based instruction.

Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on--United States--Case studies.

Education, Higher.

Social justice and education--United States--Case studies.

Social justice and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Denver, CO : University Press of Colorado, 2025.

Summary:

"Writing program administrators have a long history of advocating for their students, fellow faculty, and programs. This advocacy includes defending their work against other entities that seek to dictate the work, challenging institutional policies that define student success in a narrow way or create untenable conditions for writing faculty workloads, and making antiracism a central part of writing programs. The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly created a variety of additional challenges for those working in education at all levels. WPAs suddenly had to navigate new public health mandates alongside student and instructor fears as well as pressures by administrations and publics to teach in person. The chapters in this collection include a variety of voices who have been involved in writing program administration in recent years to reflect on the work done in this moment of crisis. Through both short vignettes and longer chapters, this book explores the complicated interactions between WPA work and navigating times of crisis to provide insights for moving forward. Authors explore a variety of topics including professional development, curricular change, advocating in the face of intransigent administrations and others, caring for students, and taking time for self-care. Pointing to specific actions for continued advocacy, WPAing in a Pandemic and Beyond will be of great interest to WPAs and writing studies scholars."-- Provided by the publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Todd Ruecker and Sheila Carter-Tod

Shift happens : equity-centered composition at an HSI / Stacey Stanfield Anderson, Kathleen Klompien, and Kim Vose

Implementing a writing lab co-requisite without the lab : Spring 2020 course launch to present (VIGNETTE) / Megan Crowley-Watson

Starting a first-year writing program on a "Tech-Light" campus during COVID-19 (VIGNETTE) / Tyler Easterbrook, Ragan Glover, Anicca Cox, and Victoria Houser

Equity-minded writing placement for a 'New Normal' : four case studies of student self-placement (SSP) / Breana Bayraktar, Lisa Mastrangelo, Jolivette Mecenas, and Katherine Daily O'Meara

Disaster austerity and the redefinition of first-year writing workloads / Annie S. Mendenhall, Chris Cartright, Natalie Ingalsbe, Amanda Schumacher, and Robert Terry

Two feet, three worlds : navigating the pandemic as faculty, WPA, and dean (VIGNETTE) / Michelle Niestepski

The role of CWPA regional affiliates in supporting faculty and WPAs during the COVID-19 pandemic (VIGNETTE) / Gabriel Cutrufello and Elizabeth Kimball

We're better together : surviving crisis through a community of practice / Joshua C. Jensen, Jacqueline Kozak, and Jennifer Jared

Taking care online : creating conditions for a community of care (VIGNETTE) / Michelle Stuckey and Morgan Sims

From me to we : community building through resource development and WPA advocacy (VIGNETTE) / Sarah Snyder and Kevin Kato

Collaborative advocacy during a pandemic : alliance building and evolving strategies / Todd Ruecker and Emily Sawan

Extra! Extra! Programmatic newsletters as ways to read all about it (VIGNETTE) / Analeigh E. Horton and Rochelle Rodrigo

Rugged individualism, labor, and burnout : WPA strategies of support during the pandemic / Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, Lydia Allison, and Christopher Maggio

Crossing the finish line : post-pandemic challenges for writing instructors (VIGNETTE) / Marshall Martin and Liane Robertson

Navigating "A more tense area" : a response team's approaches to conversations about online teaching during the shift to remote instruction / Adrienne Jankens and Nicole Guinot Varty

Disrupted spaces : a WPA and a peer consultant's reflections on reconceptualizing a graduate learning center / Jairo Marshall and Jet Saengngoen

Navigating chaotic waters : collaborative WPA labor and TA training during the COVID-19 "Pivot" / Lisa Arnold and Holly Hassel

Better understanding students' concept of classroom : lessons in students' perceptions (VIGNETTE) / Sheila Carter-Tod

Harnessing pace to resolve dissonance, or What cancer taught one WPA about patience / Cristine Busser

Losing ground in the pandemic : the continued vulnerability of writing program leadership / Jordan J. Dominy, Jonathan Elmore, and Jenni G Halpin

CWPA summer workshop : a litmus test of professional values in the fray of reckoning / Erin Lehman, Melvin Beavers, Darci Thoune, and Mark McBeth

Productive tensions : writing program administration as a practice of hope / Denae Dibrell, Andrew Hollinger, and Maggie Shelledy

Moments of opportunity : a kairotic approach to writing program administration and curricular transformation / Logan Bearden, Laura Kovick, Meghan Phelps

How we keep ourselves from drowning : sustaining and building communities of care through adjunct-centered WPA advocacy (VIGNETTE) / Christopher John Williams, Rachael Benavidez, Farrah Goff, Amy J. Wan

Finish strong : directing a successful writing-centered QEP during a pandemic (VIGNETTE) / Steven J. Corbett, Katherine Villarreal, and Annette Vara.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on May 16, 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781646426997

1646426991

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.