Dear colleagues,
We’re writing to invite you all to a virtual book launch for our edited collection, The Reluctant Supervisor: Recognizing and Rethinking Power in Writing Center Supervisory Practices, on Thursday, December 3, at 6:30 pm Eastern/5:30 Central/4:30 Mountain/3:30 Pacific, via Zoom.
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran will be hosting a conversation with us as co-editors of the collection. There will be a Q&A, and the event will be an hour-long gathering both to celebrate the publication of our book and have an informal and meaningful conversation about supervisory practice in writing centers.
We welcome you to join us! No RSVP is needed. Please feel encouraged to share the attached flyers!
Btw, a 40% discount code has been reactivated through December 31: ALST26
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jasmine Kar Tang, Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, and Rachel Azima
Co-editors, The Reluctant Supervisor
The discipline of writing center studies has long emphasized collaboration in every context, including leadership. But what does this emphasis mean for supervision, which is inherently hierarchical? The Reluctant Supervisor attends to how power—institutional, racial, and otherwise—operates in work relationships, staff policies, and administrative decisions.
Giving sustained attention to writing center administrators as supervisors (in addition to their roles as leaders, directors, mentors, and teachers), contributors write from the specificities of their local contexts, institutional positions, and embodied histories in ways that deepen our understanding of supervisory practice.
The Reluctant Supervisor wrestles with the challenges of recognizing and owning supervision as a fundamental part of writing center work. It provides valuable perspectives for aspiring, new, and experienced writing center professionals and others in higher education looking to develop a more reflective supervisory practice—especially those who want to center equity and justice in their workplaces.
Contributors: Eric C. Camarillo, Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu, Dominique M. Clayton, Genie Giaimo, Nicole E. Green, Yanar Hashlamon, Allie Johnston, Stacie Klinowski, Katie Levin, Anna Rita Napoleone, Lucia Pawlowski, Meredith Steck, Meghan Velez, Isaac K. Wang