Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Feb 2022 Open Access

Rerouting Place in Community-Engaged Teaching: Lessons from the Spatial Disruption of COVID-19

Charles Lesh ; Kevin G. Smith

Abstract

On March 12th, 2020, faculty, staff, and students at Auburn University (AU) received an email announcing that the school would “transition from on-campus instruction to remote delivery beginning Monday, March 16 and continue through April 10 in response to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)” (“Auburn University”). As all classes would be delivered remotely, students were told not to return to campus after spring break, leaving many of them to wonder if and when they’d be able to retrieve their belongings from housing.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2022-02-16
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10.59236/rjv21i1pp43-62
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