Community Engagement in a Graduate-Level Community Literacy Course | Zendy

Lauren Marshall Bowen | Zendy; Kirsti Arko | Zendy; Joel W. Beatty | Zendy; Cindy Delaney | Zendy; Isidore Kafui Dorpenyo | Zendy; Laura Moeller | Zendy; Elsa Roberts | Zendy; John Velat | Zendy

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Community Engagement in a Graduate-Level Community Literacy Course

Author(s) -

Lauren Marshall Bowen,

Kirsti Arko,

Joel W. Beatty,

Cindy Delaney,

Isidore Kafui Dorpenyo,

Laura Moeller,

Elsa Roberts,

John Velat

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

community literacy journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2162-6324

pISSN - 1555-9734

DOI - 10.1353/clj.2014.0020

Subject(s) - outreach , rhetoric , literacy , service learning , information literacy , community engagement , pedagogy , sociology , graduate students , civic engagement , digital literacy , psychology , public relations , political science , philosophy , linguistics , politics , law

A case study of a graduate-level community literacy seminar that involved a tutoring project with adult digital literacy learners, this essay illustrates the value of community outreach and service-learning for graduate students in writing studies. Presenting multiple perspectives through critical reflection, student authors describe how their experiences contextualized, enhanced, and complicated their theoretical knowledge of public rhetoric and community literacy. Inspired by her students’ reflections, the faculty co-author issues a call to graduate programs in writing, rhetoric, literacy studies, and technical communication to develop a conscious commitment to graduate students’ civic engagement by supporting opportunities to learn, teach, and research with community partners.

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