Counterstory and Genre Praxis in the First-Year Writing Classroom: A Prospective Analysis

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Counterstory and Genre Praxis in the First-Year Writing Classroom: A Prospective Analysis

Abstract

By Allison Gross and Jessica Lee. In the Fall of 2022, we set out with a handful of our colleagues in the English department to create an anti-racist writing curriculum. Of particular importance to us was crafting this curriculum for our specific context, not just as a two-year college, but also at Portland Community College (PCC) in particular, the largest higher education institution in Oregon, situated in the “whitest big city in America” (De Leon). Even though Portland itself is predominantly white, our students at PCC are far more diverse, with PCC itself situated on the traditional village site of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, and Clackamas bands of the Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. Specifically

Journal: Composition Forum
Published: 2025-10-14
Topics: first-year composition two-year college race and writing

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