Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Apr 2020 Open Access

Reflective Cartography: Mapping Reflections’ First Twenty Years

Roger Chao ; Deb Dimond Young ; David Stock ; Johanna Phelps ; Alex Wulff

Abstract

Since its inception in 2000, Reflections has functioned as a site of synthesis for community-based writing pedagogy, service-learning, public rhetoric, and community-engaged research. Such a diverse range of influences leads to the formation of a journal that is ever shifting in its identity, scope, and mission. This complexity is what ultimately defines Reflections: a publication that constantly pushes the boundaries of knowledge creation and strives to remain receptive to topics and voices that are often excluded from other academic sources. The following collaborative article offers a content analysis of all publications in Reflections’ twenty-year history (2000-2020). Though not exhaustive, this analysis highlights unique aspects of the journal’s history, methods, non-traditional genres, pedagogical and disciplinary impact, and evolving interactions with power and privilege that have made it the public conscience for Writing Studies.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2020-04-01
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10.59236/rjv20i1pp147-192
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