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Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Campus 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
Andrew Fiss
Committee Member 2
Carlos Amador
Committee Member 3
Harry Denny
Abstract
Drawing from Stuart Hall and Lawrence Grossberg’s use of articulation theory, this dissertation considers the forces and structures at play in writing center work within the emergent context following the 2016 presidential election and what writing center practitioners can do to promote functional, critical, and ethical literacy development in the face of emotionally charged controversies, broadly circulated illusory beliefs, and an uncertain present. The dissertation proposes an articulation theory heuristic for use in writing center design and writing center sessions. The heuristic is user tested through its application in the context of the Michigan Technological University Multiliteracies Center’s contemporary writing center work. The result of the analysis leads to an examination of possible interventions through center design and coach training that may improve literacies and open possibilities for working through the tenacious cultural problems of the emergent context.
Recommended Citation
De Herder, William E. III, "POWER AND POSSIBILITIES IN THE CENTER: AN ARTICULATION THEORY TOOL FOR WRITING CENTER WORK", Campus Access Dissertation, Michigan Technological University, 2020.