College Composition and Communication Jun 2018

“Always Up Against”: A Study of Veteran WPAs and Social Resilience

Shari J. Stenberg ; Debbie Minter

Abstract

This essay reports on an interview-based study of ten veteran WPAs, whose three decades of service spans neoliberalism’s growing influence on universities. Our findings trace their enactment of social resilience, a dynamic, relational process that allowed them, even in the face of constraint, to act and to preserve key commitments.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2018-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201829695
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing program administration race and writing

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Johnston (2025)
    Resilience
    Pedagogy
  2. Brizee (2020)
    What Happens When We Fail? Building Resilient Community-Based Research
    Journal of Technical Writing and Communication

Cites in this index (3)

  1. Alexander (2018)
    From the Editor
    College Composition and Communication
  2. Banks (2015)
    2015 CCCC Chair’s Address: Ain’t No Walls behind the Sky, Baby! Funk, Flight, Freedom
    College Composition and Communication
  3. Cooper (2011)
    Rhetorical Agency as Emergent and Enacted
    College Composition and Communication
Also cites 10 works outside this index ↓
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    “The New Neoliberal Subjects? Young/er Academics’ Constructions of Professional Identity.”
    Journal of Education Policy  ↗
  2. Ball (2012)
    “Performativity, Commodification and Commitment: An I-Spy Guide to the Neoliberal University.”
    British Journal of Educational Studies  ↗
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     ↗
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     ↗
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    Teachers and Teaching  ↗
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     ↗
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    College English  ↗
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     ↗
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    Repurposing Composition: Feminist Interventions for a Neoliberal Age
     ↗
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     ↗
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