New: Systems Shift: Creating and Navigating Change in Rhetoric and Composition Administration

Hi Folks,

I’m pleased to share the news that another new open-access book has been added to the WAC Clearinghouse (https://wac.colostate.edu). This book appears in the Perspectives on Writing Series, which is edited by Rich Rice, Heather M. Falconer, and J. Michael Rifenburg.

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Systems Shift: Creating and Navigating Change in Rhetoric and Composition Administration

Edited by Genesea M. Carter and Aurora Matzke

This collection extends the discourse on systems within the field of rhetoric and composition by drawing connections among the administrative work we do, the values we hold, and the systems that shape our work and our selves. The contributors to this collection consider how rhetoric and composition administrators’ change-making efforts address, among other activities, equitable labor and working conditions, student and/or faculty retention, curriculum development and redesign, program assessment, professional development support, and mental and/or physical well-being. They explore how these efforts are embodied acts that interact with and participate in systems and networks that often remain unacknowledged even as those within these systems and networks actively work against that oppression. Recognizing that systems and networks can at times supersede administrator, faculty, and student consensus for change, each chapter includes recommendations for addressing the complexities involved in working toward a more just workplace and profession.

You can find the book at https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/systems/. This book, like other books published by the Clearinghouse, will be available in a print edition from University Press of Colorado in the coming months. Thanks to Genesea and Aurora for their work on the book and for their decision to share it with us as an open-access publication. Thanks as well to the anonymous peer reviewers who contributed to its development.

All the best,

Mike

Mike Palmquist

Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse

https://wac.colostate.edu