Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 2020

Shifting Out of Neutral: Centering Difference, Bias, and Social Justice in a Business Writing Course

Cecilia Shelton

Abstract

Through an auto-ethnographic reflection, this article describes an attempt to enact a Black Feminist pedagogy in an undergraduate business writing course. Discussing both benefits and challenges to this pedagogical approach, I advocate for an increase in decolonial methodologies and pedagogies in teaching technical and professional communication and argue for their potential to intervene for equity and justice in both the classroom and the workplace.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2020-01-02
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2019.1640287
Open Access
Closed
Topics
professional writing

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