College Composition and Communication Feb 2022

Hitting a Brick Wall and the Women Who Do the Work: Is This the Same Old Story?

Anna Sicari

Abstract

Utilizing Sara Ahmed’s work on “brick walls,” this article discusses a qualitative study of stories shared by twenty-five women writing center directors and the possible insights gleaned if we choose to “notice through feminism,” (Ahmed) and advocate for change across writing studies.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2022-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202231878
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing centers qualitative research gender and writing

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