Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric, Theory and Culture (PhD)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Humanities
Advisor 1
Karla Kitalong
Committee Member 1
Robert R. Johnson
Committee Member 2
Stefka Hristova
Committee Member 3
John Irwin
Abstract
Throughout Writing Program Administration scholarship there has been a clear call for archivization and archival work. This dissertation project takes an interdisciplinary approach to digital archival practices for Writing Program Administrators to consider and employ in their home institutions. While I recognize that WPAs are not typically identified as “archivists,” I situate the digital archive within the digital humanities as an interdisciplinary, collaborative project and offer suggestions that lead to recommendations for making an institutional archive. I review archival practice in order to justify the digital archive as an appropriate vehicle for WPAs’ work. Further, I argue that the digital archive must be useable and, therefore, consider other commonly used composition studies archives for their usability. Overall, my dissertation seeks to define digital archival practice for WPAs in order to inspire other educators to take up this meaningful, historical work.
Recommended Citation
Girard, Amanda, "Articulating Digital Archival Practice Within Writing Program Administration: A Theoretical Framework", Open Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2018.
Included in
Archival Science Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons