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Teaching Equitably in English Composition

Session Overview

This video was part of the July 2021 REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit

In this session, faculty discuss equity issues particular to teaching English composition with special attention to linguistic diversity, accessibility, and negotiating identity and social difference.

Speakers

Catherine Savini

Reading and Writing Center Director and Professor of English, Westfield State University | Every Learner Everywhere

Reading and Writing Center Director and Professor of English, Westfield State University
Catherine Savini is a professor in the English Department, Director of the Reading and Writing Center and Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Westfield State University. Her work has been published in a variety of publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, The Community Literacy Journal, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal.
 

Rachel Johnson

Director, University of Mississippi Writing Center | Every Learner Everywhere

Rachel is the director of the Oxford Campus Writing Center at the University of Mississippi. Her research draws on writing center pedagogy and practice as well as issues of equity and access in higher education. She is interested in institutional and cultural norms surrounding writing and their effect on student perceptions of identity and ability.