Slow Agency

Slow Agency

By Esther Namubiru, Anna Habib, and Weijia LiEducation
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Slow Agency episodes

  • E36 Activist Editing with Elizabeth Kleinfeld and Julie Prebel

    In part two of the conversation, Elizabeth Kleinfeld and Julie Prebel discuss 'activist editing', the method that they and Sohui Lee used to edit the collection Disruptive stories: Amplifying voices from the writing center margins.

    About the authors

    Elizabeth Kleinfeld teaches rhetoric and writing
    theory and practice courses in the ⁠English department⁠, coordinates the new Disability Studies minor, and directs the ⁠Writing Center⁠ at ⁠Metropolitan State University of Denver⁠. She is writing a memoir about being her husband’s caregiver and working on a scholarly project studying how the sex lives of disabled people are represented in memoirs. She is also a coach for the ⁠National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity⁠, an end-of-life doula, and a hospice volunteer.  

    Julie Prebel teaches courses in rhetorical theory, critical theory, and American cultural studies, and directs the ⁠Writing Center⁠ at ⁠Occidental College⁠. Along with ongoing research in rhet-comp, she is currently working on a manuscript focused on the racialization of sentiment in (seemingly) feminist representations of rights discourse in literature and popular media. She presents her work regularly at national conferences such as IWCA, CCCCs, and the American Studies Association.

    26 min
  • E35 Elizabeth Kleinfeld and Julie Prebel on Disruptive Stories

    Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Julie Prebel and Sohui Lee are the editors of the new book, Disruptive stories: Amplifying voices from the writing center margins, a collection of essays on challenging writing center narratives. In this episode, Professors Kleinfeld and Prebel explain what the two of them have learned and started applying from the book to question their own assumptions.

    Mentioned in the episode:

    • Patricia Dunn's "⁠Chapter 4: Revising & Editing Myths, Metaphors, and Multisensory Strategies⁠" in ⁠Talking, Sketching, Moving: Multiple Literacies in the Teaching of Writing⁠.
    • Karen Moroski-Rigney's "⁠Chapter 9: Crippling Marginality: Disability and Directing a Writing Center⁠" in ⁠Disruptive Stories: Amplifying Voices from the Writing Center Margins.⁠
    • Episode 19: "Lucie Moussu on Poorly Designed Research Projects"
    • Episode 26 "Decolonization and the Writing Center" with Nancy Henaku

      • About the guests:

      Elizabeth Kleinfeld teaches rhetoric and writing theory and practice courses in the English department, coordinates the new Disability Studies minor, and directs the Writing Center at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is writing a memoir about being her husband’s caregiver and working on a scholarly project studying how the sex lives of disabled people are represented in memoirs. She is also a coach for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, an end-of-life doula, and a hospice volunteer.  

      Julie Prebel teaches courses in rhetorical theory, critical

      theory, and American cultural studies, and directs the Writing Center at Occidental College. Along with ongoing research in rhet-comp, she is currently working on a manuscript focused on the racialization of sentiment in
      (seemingly) feminist representations of rights discourse in literature and popular media. She presents her work regularly at national conferences such as IWCA, CCCCs, and the American Studies Association.


      28 min
    • E32 WLN Authors Kerri Rinaldi and Rebecca Spiegel on Disability Justice in the Writing Center

      In this episode, Weijia spoke with WLN authors Kerri Rinaldi and Rebecca Spiegel on their article titled Disrupting Habits: Modifying Writing Center Processes In Pursuit of Disability Justice. The article was published in June 2023 special issue on disability justice and anti-able-ism in writing center work. We hope you'll enjoy it!

      For a full transcript, go to: www.wlnconnect.org

      23 min
    • E31 Unwell Writing Centers with Genie Giaimo

      Slow Agency is back with another round of insightful conversations about writing, writing centers, and the people who make them work for students. On this episode, we invited Dr. Genie Giaimo to help us unpack the meaning of an un-well writing center, which she writes about in her book Unwell Writing Centers: Searching for Wellness in Neoliberal Educational Institutions and Beyond. Dr. Giaimo also shared systematic measures that writing center directors can take to ensure that their risk management and emergency plans prepare them for unforeseen crises and go beyond commodified self-care. 

      For show notes and resources, please go to: www.wlnconnect.org

      49 min

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    This work is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International. This 36-episode podcast brings researchers at the intersection of writing centers and writing studies to help you…