Dear colleagues,
I hope you are well! My name is Kendyl Harmeling, and I am writing with an exciting invitation to participate in my research study, “Colonial Mirrors: Historicizing Modern Pedagogies of First-Year Writing.”
This study explores the parallels and differences between historical pedagogies around writing and the English language with modern approaches to First-Year Writing (FYW). Using archival material from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, this study asks participants to engage with the historical, colonial roots of the English language and its use in American and Canadian education. The study survey poses reflective questions about your pedagogical alignments in your current or former FYW classrooms, and asks you to explore historical manuscripts and correspondence from administrators and educators in the Native American Boarding/Residential School system, specifically so from the early years at Carlisle (c. 1880’s).
The survey will take between 20-30 minutes to complete.
The final survey question asks about interest in participating in a one-time individual interview. Individual interviews will range between 45-75 minutes.
If you are currently, or have been, an instructor of First-Year Writing at a United States or Canadian institution of higher education, and are at least 20 years old, you are eligible to participate. Survey and interview participation is voluntary.
Please feel free to circulate and share the study information and survey link with friends and colleagues of yours who teach First-Year Writing or have taught First-Year Writing.
The survey can be accessed here. If the embedded link doesn’t work, the survey can be found at: https://forms.gle/QPfSwRCHcfDUspPt8
You are welcome and encouraged to reach out to me with any questions about the study or participation. My email is: kharmeli
Best,
Kendyl Harmeling
Kendyl Harmeling, PhDAssistant Teaching Professor
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Department of Communication Studies
Program in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies