Metaphors We Innovate By: Graduate Students Transforming a Writing Community through Networked Experiences

Authors

  • Sara Austin Bowling Green State University
  • Daniel V Bommarito Bowling Green State University
  • Lauren Garskie Bowling Green State University
  • Kelly Moreland Bowling Green State University
  • Lee Nickoson Bowling Green State University
  • Marshall Saenz Bowling Green State University

Keywords:

Graduate Education, Writing Programs

Abstract

Drawing on the unique perspective and experiences of each author, we describe in detail various elements of what we have come to call the Writing Resource Initiative (WRI), a label given to a set of interconnected projects tied to way writing is studied, taught, learned, and lived at our institution. More specifically, the WRI is a student-led, collaborative effort aiming to enhance the visibility of writing and rhetoric at a large midwestern research university. The purposes and structure of the WRI are evolving, but there are two primary goals at present: (1) to support various initiatives taking place within a newly structured writing program and (2) to forge meaningful relationships with campus partners beyond the writing program itself.

Author Biographies

Sara Austin, Bowling Green State University

Sara is a third-year doctoral student in the Rhetoric & Writing program at Bowling Green State University. Her research seeks to explore teaching for transfer as feminist pedagogy within BGSU's first-year writing program. She is also interested in writing program administration and archival research.

Daniel V Bommarito, Bowling Green State University

Dan is an assistant professor of English at Bowling Green State University, where he teaches in the doctoral program in Rhetoric and Writing. He is interested in doctoral education, college composition pedagogy, and the program structures that allow educational efforts at both levels to mutually support one another.

Lauren Garskie, Bowling Green State University

Lauren is a third-year doctoral student in the Rhetoric & Writing Program at Bowling Green State University. Her interests include design, literacies, space, and digital rhetoric.

Kelly Moreland, Bowling Green State University

Kelly is a third-year doctoral student at Bowling Green State University and currently serves as the assistant director of the General Studies Writing Program. Her interests include writing program administration, feminist pedagogies and methodologies, embodied rhetorics, and community-based research.

Lee Nickoson, Bowling Green State University

Lee serves as director of General Studies Writing Program and is a member of the BGSU Rhetoric and Writing doctoral program faculty. Conversations on writing, writing pedagogy, and program administration interest her deeply.

Marshall Saenz, Bowling Green State University

Marshall is a third-year doctoral student at Bowling Green State University with an interest in course design, gaming theory, and activity theory. He currently serves as a Teaching Associate and Co-Facilitator for the Game Space Learning Laboratory. His research explores the connection between identity concepts in gaming and writing.

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Published

2019-11-16