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Jennifer Burke Reifman Publishes Article in Assessing Writing

WRaCS DE student Jennifer Burke Reifman's article "Reading the Reader Through Raciolinguistic Ideologies: An Investigation of the Evidence Students Present in Self-Placement" appears in the January 2024 volume of Assessing Writing. The article examines a student-centered placement process, applying a raciolinguistic lens to understand how students’ perceptions of language appropriateness mediate their self-assessments.

WRaCS DE Alumnus Alex Rockey Publishes The Mobile Course Design Journey

Former WRaCS student Alex Rockey has published a new book, The Mobile Course Design Journey, with Routledge. The Mobile Course Design Journey provides practical strategies to college and university educators and faculty support professionals looking to develop accessible mobile learning experiences.

Kendon Kurzer Publishes Article in Writing Center Journal

Kendon Kurzer's co-authored article "Embedded vs. Drop-in Tutors in Developmental Writing Contexts: Course/Tutoring Perceptions and Impact on Student Writing Efficacy" has been published in volume 41.2 of the Writing Center Journal. The article reports on the results of a quasi-experimental study comparing 100 students in basic/developmental courses that featured embedded peer tutors with 78 students who experienced tutoring via a walk-in writing center.

Current WRaCS DE student Mikenna Leigh Modesto publishes article in Assessing Writing

Mikenna Leigh Modesto (neé Sims), a third-year WRaCS Ph.D. student, published the article “Shifting Perceptions of Socially Just Writing Assessment: Labor-based Contract Grading and Multilingual Writing Instruction” in the July 2023 issue of Assessing Writing. Her study presents cases of two instructors to learn more about how labor-based grading contracts are used in sheltered multilingual first-year writing (FYW) courses, as well as how these instructors perceive labor-based contract grading.

Neha Gondra, a second year double major in NPB and Managerial Economics, won 3rd Place in the 2023 Norma J. Lang Award for Undergraduate Information Research from the UC Davis Library

Neha Gondra, a second year double major in NPB and Managerial Economics, won 3rd Place in the 2023 Norma J. Lang Award for Undergraduate Information Research from the UC Davis Library. Her essay, “Evaluating the Influence of the Mediterranean Diet on Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Obese Individuals,” was awarded a monetary prize in the category of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. Her review of literature was a revision of a research project that emerged from a UWP 104F class taught by Brendan Johnston.

Former Graduate Writing Fellow Sarah Reed and Melissa Bender publish an article in Social Work Education.

Sarah Reed, Melissa Bender, and co-author Julia Berrett-Abebe's "Narrative discussions to support social work competence" was published in March 2023 in Social Work Education. To enhance the integration of field and practice class, and support the development of core social work competencies, the authors developed and tested a novel teaching method using nonfiction health narratives. The results show that engagement with written narratives enhances social work students' skills of critical self-reflection, deep listening, and analysis of social inequities.   

WRaCS Alumna Mary Stewart Publishes Article in CCC

WRaCS Alumna Mary K Stewart has published the article "How and What Students Learn in Hybrid and Online FYC" in the June 2022 volume of College Composition and Communication. Mary and three co-authors conducted a multi-institutional study to examine the difference between students' perceptions of student-teacher relationships in fully online and hybrid first-year composition courses. They use a Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework to analyze the responses from nearly seven hundred students who took part in their study.

WRaCS Alumna Michal Reznizki Publishes Article in College Composition and Communication

WRaCS Alumna Michal Reznizki has published the article "What Can We Learn from the Online Representation of Our Graduate Programs’ Curricula? A Comprehensive Online Survey of PhD Programs in Rhetoric and Composition" in the December 2021 volume of College Composition and Communication. Michal examined the online representation of the ninety existing PhD programs in rhetoric and composition in the United States and collected information on the courses offered in the programs, their home departments, and the programs’ mission statements.

Trish Serviss Publishes Article in Writing Program Administration Journal

Trish Serviss's article co-authored with Julia Voss and Meghan Sweeney, "A Heuristic to Promote Inclusive and Equitable Teaching in Writing Programs," was published in the Spring 2021 edition of the journal Writing Program Administration. The article presents a heuristic WPAs can use to engage their faculty in collaborative, peer-based analysis, dialogue, and revision of writing course design (embodied in syllabi) to study and strengthen the programs’ inclusivity and equity related to literacy standards, assessment, and accessibility.

Dan Melzer Coauthors 3rd Edition of Engaging Ideas with John Bean

Dan Melzer has joined John Bean as the coauthor of a new edition of Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, by Jossey-Bass. New to the 3rd edition is a chapter on alternatives to traditional grading, a chapter on student self-assessment and peer response, and increased attention to multilingual student writers.

Kathie Gossett Publishes Chapter in the Book Shaping the Dissertation

Kathie Gossett has a co-authored book chapter in a new collection entitled, “Shaping the Dissertation: Knowledge Production in the Arts and Humanities.” The chapter is "#DigiDiss: A Project Exploring Digital Dissertation Policies, Practices and Archiving,” and it covers a 4 year long project funded in large part by the NEH Office of Digital Humanities to develop an archiving system for born-digital dissertations.

Brit Kelly Publishes Book Loving Fanfiction

Brit Kelly has published the book Loving Fanfiction: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Online Fandoms with Routledge. Loving Fanfiction explores emotion within the context of fandoms, specifically online fanfiction. Through exploring fans’ narratives about themselves and the fanwork they produce and consume, Brit theorizes how identity, cognition, emotion, the body, and embodiment come together in literacy development and practices.