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ABSTRACT
In this article, we reflect on and examine the experiences of three doctoral students, and their thesis advisor, in discussing how we adjusted our research methods and assumptions to the new conditions of life and society that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how our understandings of the embodied presence of the researcher, the location of research and writing, and the affordances of digital technologies are becoming more prominent and often rethought as issues of stance. We approach this discussion as co-explorers in charting new conceptions of and strategies toward research, as well as the relationships and mentoring practices between graduate students and their advisor.
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Jessica S. B. Newman
Edward English is a Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Rhetoric and Assistant Director of The University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He is also a writing instructor for Introductory English 101, English 102, and Business Writing. Prior to his studies at the U of L he taught English Language and Literature at Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, and then briefly served as a teacher in an intensive English immersion program at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. Years back when he was working on his M.A. at the University of Oklahoma, he developed an interest in adapting teaching methodologies to help non-native English speakers in writing classrooms. This passion led him to teach English all over the globe including volunteering in India and Panama, as well as being an English camp counselor in Austria and Italy. Currently much of his academic interests centre on the Writing Centre Studies, Listening Studies, Religious Rhetoric (especially Jesuit Rhetoric), and Native American and Indigenous Literature.
Jessica S. B. Newman is the director of tutoring services at Jefferson Community and Technical College in Louisville, Kentucky. She earned an ScB in cognitive science from Brown University, an MA in language and literacy from the City College of New York and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric and Composition Program at the University of Louisville, Jessica was awarded an International Writing Centers Association Dissertation Grant for her thesis, which investigates the roles of listening in writing center consultations.
Aubrie Cox Warner is a scholar, poet, and third-year Ph.D. student in rhetoric and composition at the University of Louisville. Her current research interests include oral history, writing center pedagogy, cross-genre work, and place and embodiment. She earned her MFA in poetry at Temple University and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Creative Writing Program at UofL. Her work outside of the academy is deeply connected to building and supporting literary communities.
Bronwyn T. Williams is a professor of English and director of the University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He writes and teaches on issues of literacy, identity, digital media, sustainability, and community engagement. His most recent book is Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency: Composing Identities. Previous books include New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders; Shimmering Literacies: Popular Culture and Reading and Writing Online; and Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education.
Aubrie Cox Warner
Edward English is a Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Rhetoric and Assistant Director of The University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He is also a writing instructor for Introductory English 101, English 102, and Business Writing. Prior to his studies at the U of L he taught English Language and Literature at Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, and then briefly served as a teacher in an intensive English immersion program at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. Years back when he was working on his M.A. at the University of Oklahoma, he developed an interest in adapting teaching methodologies to help non-native English speakers in writing classrooms. This passion led him to teach English all over the globe including volunteering in India and Panama, as well as being an English camp counselor in Austria and Italy. Currently much of his academic interests centre on the Writing Centre Studies, Listening Studies, Religious Rhetoric (especially Jesuit Rhetoric), and Native American and Indigenous Literature.
Jessica S. B. Newman is the director of tutoring services at Jefferson Community and Technical College in Louisville, Kentucky. She earned an ScB in cognitive science from Brown University, an MA in language and literacy from the City College of New York and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric and Composition Program at the University of Louisville, Jessica was awarded an International Writing Centers Association Dissertation Grant for her thesis, which investigates the roles of listening in writing center consultations.
Aubrie Cox Warner is a scholar, poet, and third-year Ph.D. student in rhetoric and composition at the University of Louisville. Her current research interests include oral history, writing center pedagogy, cross-genre work, and place and embodiment. She earned her MFA in poetry at Temple University and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Creative Writing Program at UofL. Her work outside of the academy is deeply connected to building and supporting literary communities.
Bronwyn T. Williams is a professor of English and director of the University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He writes and teaches on issues of literacy, identity, digital media, sustainability, and community engagement. His most recent book is Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency: Composing Identities. Previous books include New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders; Shimmering Literacies: Popular Culture and Reading and Writing Online; and Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education.
Bronwyn T. Williams
Edward English is a Ph.D. candidate in Composition and Rhetoric and Assistant Director of The University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He is also a writing instructor for Introductory English 101, English 102, and Business Writing. Prior to his studies at the U of L he taught English Language and Literature at Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, and then briefly served as a teacher in an intensive English immersion program at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. Years back when he was working on his M.A. at the University of Oklahoma, he developed an interest in adapting teaching methodologies to help non-native English speakers in writing classrooms. This passion led him to teach English all over the globe including volunteering in India and Panama, as well as being an English camp counselor in Austria and Italy. Currently much of his academic interests centre on the Writing Centre Studies, Listening Studies, Religious Rhetoric (especially Jesuit Rhetoric), and Native American and Indigenous Literature.
Jessica S. B. Newman is the director of tutoring services at Jefferson Community and Technical College in Louisville, Kentucky. She earned an ScB in cognitive science from Brown University, an MA in language and literacy from the City College of New York and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric and Composition Program at the University of Louisville, Jessica was awarded an International Writing Centers Association Dissertation Grant for her thesis, which investigates the roles of listening in writing center consultations.
Aubrie Cox Warner is a scholar, poet, and third-year Ph.D. student in rhetoric and composition at the University of Louisville. Her current research interests include oral history, writing center pedagogy, cross-genre work, and place and embodiment. She earned her MFA in poetry at Temple University and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Creative Writing Program at UofL. Her work outside of the academy is deeply connected to building and supporting literary communities.
Bronwyn T. Williams is a professor of English and director of the University Writing Centre at the University of Louisville. He writes and teaches on issues of literacy, identity, digital media, sustainability, and community engagement. His most recent book is Literacy Practices and Perceptions of Agency: Composing Identities. Previous books include New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders; Shimmering Literacies: Popular Culture and Reading and Writing Online; and Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education.