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A Multi-Dimensional Pedagogy for Racial Justice in Writing Centers
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal
  • Rasha Diab, University of Texas at Austin
  • Beth Godbee, Marquette University
  • Thomas Ferrel, University of Missouri - Kansas City
  • Neil Simpkins, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
8 p.
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Publisher
University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Writing Center
Abstract

In light of disciplinary conversations and increased attention to anti-racism in writing centers, we see a disciplinary mandate for writing centers to better articulate a pedagogy for racial justice that informs our everyday work, including but not limited to tutoring practice. This mandate, we believe, involves asking: How do we make actionable our commitment to racial justice when working with writers one-with-one? What interactional stances and pedagogical moves enact a pedagogy of anti-racism in writing centers? How do we prepare ourselves to enact this pedagogy? Our answers to these questions center around (1) articulating and frequently re-articulating our commitments to racial and social justice and (2) making these commitments actionable through both reflective self-work and action-oriented work-with-others, as we have written in the related article “Making Commitments to Racial Justice Actionable.” This work leads us to argue that a pedagogy of anti-racism must be more than a statement that we abhor racial injustice. Rather, this pedagogy must be multi-dimensional and include a positive and actionable articulation of the “ought to be” that we are aiming toward.

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Published version. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2012): 1-8. © 2012 University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Writing Center. Permalink. Used with permission.

Citation Information
Rasha Diab, Beth Godbee, Thomas Ferrel and Neil Simpkins. "A Multi-Dimensional Pedagogy for Racial Justice in Writing Centers" Praxis: A Writing Center Journal (2012) ISSN: 2162-8114
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/beth_godbee/8/