A Socially Just Classroom: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Writing Across the HumanitiesStacy Maddern, Brenda Aghahowa, Lan Dong, Kenton Rambsy, Ada Vilageliu-Diaz, Rebecca Boylan, Alyse Bensel, Megan Schutte, Irina Popescu, Libby Catchings, Kevin Mullen, Louis M. Maraj, Maria Isabel Morales, Suree Towfighnia, Dawn Barron, Carmen Hoover, Casey Keel, J. Marie Darden, Anna Plemons, Michael Owens, David Theo Goldberg This edited collection provides a range of transdisciplinary approaches to the teaching of writing across the Humanities through the lens of inclusion and equity in higher education. In three parts - From Disciplinary Practice to Transdisciplinary Application, The Collective We: Transparent Pedagogy in Praxis, Power in Presence: From Chalkboard to Pavement - the chapters focus on teaching triumphs and challenges, specific learning objectives and best practices, theories and their applications, and concrete examples of campus action within specific institutional or socio-historical contexts. In whole, the book represents what a socially just classroom looks like from first-year university writing classes, to advanced graduate studies, and the impact of learning beyond the university. Building on the scholarship of equity in higher education, the book forefronts transdisciplinary pedagogies with chapters representing language and literature, creative writing, cultural and ethnic studies, women and gender studies, and media studies. While we understand social justice as a multifaceted and ever expanding effort, we affirm the essential role of classroom instructors as the foundational actors in cultivating and sustaining inclusion and equity. We also acknowledge the current challenges of teaching brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, which intensifies previously existing issues surrounding housing, employment, healthcare, and the legal residency status of many students. By fostering a conversation around writing pedagogy in a comparative and transdisciplinary context, we encourage educators to translate the resources available in their fields in a collective effort to close the equity gaps. At the same time, we intend for this book to provide a context where younger faculty and diverse students can redefine the college classroom while empowering each other within their chosen institutions. |
Contents
Approaches | 19 |
Cripping Pedagogy in the Creative Writing | 51 |
Mapping Social Differences in the Virtual | 67 |
Visualizing Beyoncés | 85 |
Beyoncé at the Grammys vs Beyoncé at BET | 93 |
Transparent Pedagogy in Praxis | 99 |
HBCUs Latinx | 111 |
Designing | 123 |
CCBC Racial Demographics Credit and Continuing | 151 |
Engaging the Sensorium | 167 |
Appendix A | 183 |
Antiracist | 191 |
The Circle | 205 |
Transborder Bridging | 219 |
CoCreating | 235 |
Contributors | 269 |
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