Academic Writing in Urban Education: Balancing the Tensions: Workshop

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

In order to dismantle racial injustice within the academy, we have to contend with the hegemonic perceptions of academic writing and its gatekeeping function, especially when it comes to our students who are AAE speakers. In this workshop, we will present some background on AAE and academic writing, show some examples of urban students’ academic writing with grammatical breakdowns and explanations, then open a discussion on how best to reconstruct educational possibilities in spaces that have historically required an academic writing style.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research

Chair

• Jennifer L. Martin, University of Illinois at Springfield

Participants

• Tabitha Messmore, Kent State University

• Jennifer Brooks, University of Illinois at Chicago