In Pursuit of Truth: Transformative Experiences With Theories of Writing in a Doctoral-Level Classroom

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Nine
  In Roundtable Session: The Power of Self-Reflection: A Focus on Autoethnographic Accounts (Table 7)

Abstract

In this presentation, five doctoral students share their experiences with translanguaging (Wei, 2018), linguistic justice (Baker-Bell, 2020), and Borderlands theory (Anzaldúa, 2007), all which led to transformative writing practices. In a doctoral classroom which focused on theories of writing, the students applied these theories to their poetry writing practices and unlearning ways of teaching that prioritized, and this presentation will share the reflections of those practices and the poetry they created through autoethnography. Participants will also have a chance to create and share their own poetry in this presentation after learning about these theories of writing themselves.

Authors

• Caroline B. Rabalais, Georgia State University
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• Romonda Middlebrooks-Jefferson, Georgia State University
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• Saniha Kabani, Georgia State University
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• Elyse Johnson, Georgia State University
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• Jasmyne Ormond, Georgia State University
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