Embracing the democratic promise: Transforming two‐year colleges and writing studies through professional engagement

Abstract

In this chapter, we examine how professional organizations shape teaching and programmatic excellence in two‐year college writing instruction and how two‐year college English faculty are reshaping two‐year college writing studies to advance equitable educational access and outcomes.

Two-Year College Writing Studies: Rationale and Praxis for Just Teaching

“…The reality is that many-if not most-two-year college English faculty are left to professionalize themselves (Suh and Jensen 2017). Professional organizations such as TYCA exist and serve a valuable function for two-year college professionals (Jensen et al 2021). Unfortunately, Copyrighted material, not for distribution though, many institutions do not fund conference travel or recognize scholarly participation-even when lack of funding eliminates an important source of professional development that directly correlates to student success.…”