Working With Faculty Partners to Change Conceptions of Writing Beyond University Walls
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2023
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OLEJNIK, MANDY, et al. "Working With Faculty Partners to Change Conceptions of Writing Beyond University Walls." The WAC Journal 33 (2022): 7-31. https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/journal/vol33/olejnik.pdf.
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Abstract
This article argues that writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs
are well-positioned to change not only faculty (and student) conceptions
around writing within the university, but also to collaborate with disciplinary faculty who have crossed conceptual thresholds about writing and work
together with them to advocate for changed conceptions of writing beyond
the university. Faculty can and do change their conceptions around writing
when engaging in WAC programming that is intentionally designed around
conceptual and systemic change. Similar methods for change-focused work
can also be used beyond the university, and disciplinary faculty can become
ambassadors and messengers in our efforts to help change public misconceptions of writing. This article argues for and demonstrates how to take
advantage of the methods and heuristics used in WAC programming to
reach the larger public through the example of the online Miami Writing
Institute, designed around common myths about writing and alternative
threshold concepts based in writing research.