Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 46, No. 2, December 2018

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• An Invitation to the First National TYCA Conference [FREE ACCESS]

  Jeff Andelora

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  Abstract: The first National TYCA Conference will be held in Pittsburgh, PA, March 13, 2019.

  Keywords: National TYCA Conference

• Editor’s Introduction: Having a Voice and Making Space [FREE ACCESS]

  Holly Hassel

• Feature: Epistemic Authority in Composition Studies: Tenuous Relationship between Two-Year English Faculty and Knowledge Production

  Holly Larson

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  Abstract: Despite community college teachers teaching nearly 50 percent of all first-year composition, our experiences and hands-on knowledge are not viewed as scholarly contributions to writing studies. The scholarship of writing studies needs to be expanded through redefining what constitutes scholarly work as well as providing mentoring to two-year faculty who possess critical knowledge on composition and pedagogy.

  Keywords: First-Year Composition, Scholarship of Writing Studies, Standpoint Theory, Teacher-Scholars, Two-Year College Faculty

• Instructional Note: Modifying Classroom Routines to Provide Reflective Space

  Megan J. Bardolph

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  Abstract: This Instructional Note describes a reflection activity that invites students and teachers to reimagine the delivery of written assignment directions.

  Keywords: First-Year Composition, reflection, Analytical Skills

• Instructional Note: “What Work Is”: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition [FREE ACCESS]

  Christian Aguiar

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  Abstract: This article explores the use of the work narrative to engage students, particularly FLI (first-generation and low-income) students.

  Keywords: writing pedagogy, First-Generation College Students, Work Narratives, Working-Class Students

• What Works for Me: Profile Writing: A Connection between Nursing and First-Year Composition

  Heather Burke

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  Abstract: Profile writing enables nursing students to draw a connection between first-year composition and nursing through the genre’s emphasis on descriptive details and understanding the individual.

  Keywords: First-Year Composition, Profile Writing

• Review: Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story: Teaching Native American Indian Rhetorics, edited by Lisa King, Rose Gubele, and Joyce Rain Anderson [FREE ACCESS]

  Reviewed by Kassia Krzus-Shaw

• Review: The Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing: Scholarship and Applications, edited by Nicolas N. Behm, Sherry Rankins-Robertson, and Duane Roen [FREE ACCESS]

  Reviewed by Carolyn A. Sockwell

• Review: Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric, edited by Kathleen J. Ryan, Nancy Myers, and Rebecca Jones [FREE ACCESS]

  Reviewed by Stacy Wilson

• Announcements [FREE ACCESS]

• TYCA to You [FREE ACCESS]

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