Pedagogue

In this episode, Neal Lerner talks about writing centers, writing center research and scholarship, training peer consultants, and constraints that affect writing center work.

In this episode, Karen Keaton Jackson talks about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the absence and silencing of HBCU voices and experiences in composition studies, teaching narratives in first-year writing, cross-institutional collaborations, and writing centers.

In this bonus episode, Joanne Baird Giordano talks about practices and strategies that have allowed her time to write while managing heavy teaching loads and professional service commitments.

In this episode, Howard Tinberg talks about what led him to Bristol Community College, the importance of teaching reading in the writing classroom, Teaching for Transfer, challenges facing two-year colleges, and future directions for two-year college research.

In this episode, Les Hutchinson Campos talks about cultural rhetorics pedagogy, strategies for building an inclusive class community, social media, and privacy and surveillance.

In this episode, David F. Green, Jr. talks about teaching at Howard University, a private research HBCU in Washington D.C., writing program administration, writing assessment, language standards, and African American rhetoric and hip hop in the writing classroom.

In this episode, Jody Shipka talks about how she got into teaching, multimodal pedagogy and multimodal assignments, and edible rhetoric and food studies in the writing classroom.

In this episode, Christina V. Cedillo talks about her teaching and research on affect and embodiment, critical embodiment pedagogies, invisible disabilities, connections between racism and ableism, disability studies and technology, and teaching basic writing.

In this episode, Frankie Condon talks about centering writing classes and writing centers on antiracism, building sustainable spaces committed to language diversity, and how to incorporate class assignments that complement this kind of work.

In this episode, Iris D. Ruiz talks about Chicanx studies and ethnic studies, examining histories and embracing diversity and inclusivity, decolonial theory, and antiracist practices.

In this episode, Tara Wood talks about disability studies, ableism, crip time, and how to center disability studies in writing classrooms and programs.

In this episode, Chris M. Anson talks about what got him interested in rhetoric and composition and teaching writing, he talks about teacher response and using screencasting technologies to respond to student writing, and he offers advice to first-time teachers.

In this episode, Cruz Medina talks about multimodal composition, digital writing and multicultural rhetoric, social justice and social media, and integrating technology in the writing classroom.

In this episode, Darin Jensen talks about teaching at Des Moines Area Community College, basic writing pedagogies and practices, the characterization of "basic writing," and how institutions and programs can better support and prepare teachers for two-year colleges.

In this bonus episode, Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt talks about two-year colleges and she offers advice for those interested in teaching at two-year colleges.

In this episode, Paula Mathieu talks about mindfulness and contemplative practices, how writing teachers can foster kindness and self-reflection in the writing classroom, and she carefully examines the current state of writing studies and offers future direction.

In this episode, Laura Gonzales talks about Sites of Translation, teaching digital rhetorics and technical communication, language diversity and accessibility, and community literacies.

In this episode, Vershawn Ashanti Young talks about pedagogical experimentation and writing as performance, developing cultural and societal justice in the writing classroom, emphasizing self-reflection and ethical good through teaching, and understanding cultural identity and code meshing.

In this episode, Candace Epps-Robertson talks about social justice, race, and community literacies, facing resistance in the writing classroom, and her new research on public pedagogies and BTS.

In this episode, Jennifer Grouling talks about classroom writing assessment practices and values, AAC&U VALUE rubrics, the advantages and disadvantages of using technology to respond to student writing, and she shares strategies for new writing teachers.

In this bonus episode, Emma Kostopolus talks about how she incorporates gaming in the writing classroom as a means for developing and enriching skills like reading, writing, and critical thinking.

In this episode, Staci M. Perryman-Clark talks about writing program administration, Afrocentric and language rights pedagogies, institutional polices that embrace blackness as a cultural epistemological framework, and student success.

In this episode, Anna Hensley and Brian Bailie talk about what it’s like teaching at a branch campus, they talk about their experiences in the classroom, and how their graduate school experience didn’t quite train them for their current positions.

In this episode, Shawna Ross and Douglas Dowland talk about their work theorizing anxiety, how anxiety becomes an opportunity to better understand reading and writing practices, and how they invite students to talk about their anxieties in the writing classroom.

In this bonus episode, Chris M. Anson talks about his interest in Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and how he leads workshops with faculty across disciplines.