Keywords:
race, research study, translingualism
Abstract
I surveyed and interviewed students at an online university to explore their perspectives about the relationships between their racial and linguistic identities and academic writing. Participants revealed diverse beliefs. About half did not think race impacts their academic writing. On the other hand, some participants responded that they hide their racial identity and “write White” (Inoue, 2019, p. 361) to succeed in academic writing, or that their proximity to whiteness has benefitted their academic writing. One theme that arose was that language mixing is great for creative writing, but not academic. Some expressed a desire for greater integration of their identities in their academic writing through language mixing, while others remained strictly opposed to language mixing in academic writing. Discovering students’ perspectives, especially those who feel misrepresented or devalued, helps the online writing center strive for justice in hiring practices and resource development.
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Citation Information
Type of Source: Conference Presentation
Presenters: Julie Johnson Archer
Year of Presentation: 2021
Title of Presentation: Online Adult Student Perceptions on Racial and Linguistic Identity and Academic Writing
Conference: Online Writing Centers Association (OWCA)
Location of Conference: Virtual