This roundtable discussion addresses issues of professionalism and disciplinarity at TYCs and constructs a vision of the TYC as the future hub of writing studies.

While Robert Brooke’s discussion of underlife focused on the autonomy of students, in this article I apply his conclusions to the behaviors performed and desires expressed by faculty members, specifically six tenured, two-year college English faculty members who conceptualize their work teaching writing in relation to both individual writing courses and one or more aspects of a writing program.