| Variant title |
Understanding writing program administrator readiness and renewal |
| Series | Studies in Composition and Rhetoric Series ; v.22
Studies in Composition and Rhetoric Series. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "Understanding WPA Readiness and Renewal: Of Preparation, Pipe Dreams, and Possibilities," by Joseph Janangelo, Loyola University Chicago -- Readiness -- Chapter One: "Leadership Readiness: Becoming a Rhetorically Mindful WPA," (by Melvin E. Beavers, University of Arkansas -- Little Rock, / Abram / ers, Iowa State University) -- Chapter Two: "(Re)Visioning WPA-GO: Finding WPA Readiness as a Graduate Student Leader," (by Gabrielle Isabel Kelenyi. University of Wisconsin, Madison) |
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Chapter Three: "How to WPA: Career Planning, Survival and NTT Power at the Convergence of My Professional and Personal Lives," (by Elise A. Green, Longwood University ) -- Chapter Four: "Ready to be an Equity-Focused WPA: Reforming Community-College Developmental Writing," (by Mark Blaauw-Hara, University of Toronto Mississauga ) -- Chapter Five: "Rethinking WPA Work for Open-Access Contexts: Preparing for Literacy Program Responsibilities," (by Erin Lehman, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, / Joanne Baird Giordano, Salt Lake Community College ) |
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Chapter Six: "Ready for a Career and a Family: Experiencing (In)Fertility as an Early Career WPA," (by Kaitlin Clinnin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- Jennifer Eidum, Elon University -- Morgan Hanson, University of Southern Indiana -- Mariya Tseptsura, Univ -- Chapter Seven: "Unlearning Writing Program Administration," (by Amy Ferdinandt Stolley, Grand Valley State University ) -- Renewal -- Chapter Eight: "Refusal as Renewal: An Asian/American Woman Saying No While WPA-ing," (by Jolivette Mecenas, California Lutheran University ) |
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Chapter Nine: "What Is Gained in Transition: Lessons from a WPA in Liminal Space," (by Katherine Daily O'Meara, St. Norbert's College ) -- Chapter Ten: "Revolving Doors: Programmatic Renewal and Regeneration through Leadership Reorganization," (by Jacob Babb, Appalachian State University, / Susan Popham, Indiana University Southeast) -- Chapter Eleven: "Composing your WPA Career: Pleasure, Responsibility, and Wisdom," (by Jeffrey Klausman, Whatcom Community College ) |
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Chapter Twelve: "Renewal through Cartography: Designing Resilience amidst Persistent Ecological Change," (by Colin Charlton / Jonikka Charlton, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) -- Chapter Thirteen: "It's All About the Student: Advocating for Students at All Levels of Leadership," (by Beth Brunk, The University of Texas at El Paso ) -- Chapter Fourteen: "I'm Still Here, Goddammit: Toward Irreverent Understandings of White Nostalgia, White Irreplaceability, and WPA In-Situ Longevity," (by Joseph Janangelo, Loyola University Chicago ) |
| Abstract |
"Understanding WPA Readiness and Renewal examines WPA journeys and journeying. Designed for WPA graduate seminars and professional development workshops, this book addresses two questions: How do people develop readiness to serve as WPAs? How do experienced WPAs find or create renewal opportunities that help them move forward throughout their lives and careers? Authors address these questions from a range of perspectives-including their sometimes-intersecting identities as Scholars of Color, LGBTQ+ people, graduate students, adjunct faculty, as well as early, mid-, and later-career WPAs. Authors also draw on their experience teaching at a range of two- and four-year institutions to analyze the complexities, contingencies, and rewards of short and long-term WPA work. This book offers readers theorized and nuanced understandings of how aspiring, early career, and experienced WPAs plan, lead, and (re)-build their careers and working lives. It helps graduate students better understand the enticements and entanglements of their intended career's work. This book also offers mid- and later-career WPAs ideas for rekindling interest in work that may have become alienating, stagnant, or unrewarding. Chapter authors contend that understanding WPA "readiness" and "renewal" involves questioning inherited definitions of those terms and engaging in theorized, self-aware conversations that reflect, and reflect on, understudied fears and desires about WPA work from graduate preparation to preparing for intentional leadership rotation and retirement. Keywords: antiracism, readiness, renewal, diversity, equity, inclusion, leadership, career trajectories, creativity, writing programs, writing, higher education"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Understanding WPA readiness and renewal New York : Peter Lang, [2023] 9781433193163 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Essays |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| LCCN | 2022053884 |
| ISBN | 9781433194429 (epub) |
| ISBN | 1433194422 |
| ISBN | (Hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781433194412 (eBook) |
| ISBN | 1433194414 |
| ISBN | (Paperback : alk. paper) |
