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:

vii, 275 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This book explores the future and practice of writing program administration, focusing on post-pandemic challenges, writing topics, and social justice. It offers insights on program redesigns and strategic advocacy, appealing to WPAs, interdisciplinary academics, and instructors"-- Provided by 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:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: WPAing in a pandemic and beyond.

ISBN:

9781646426973

1646426975

9781646426980

1646426983

OCLC:

1481715622