Date of Award
5-11-2015
Degree Type
Closed Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Burmester
Second Advisor
Dr. Mary Hocks
Third Advisor
Dr. Michael Harker
Abstract
Much of the existing research on how to make the intellectual contributions of writing centers more visible looks to models found in Rhetoric and Composition programs. By examining the parallel tensions surrounding the histories of naming practices, research agendas, and intellectual trajectories that can be found in scholarly accounts of Women’s Studies, Composition Studies, and Writing Center Studies, this dissertation illustrates how, contrary to received wisdom, Women’s Studies is a more appropriate model for Writing Center Studies because the interdisciplinary objectives and rebranding efforts that Women’s Studies has undertaken to confirm its scholarly significance provide a more apt interdisciplinary identity and institutional location for writing centers.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/7022245
Recommended Citation
Forsthoefel, Jennifer, "Contending with (Inter)Disciplinary Identity and Specialization: Rhetorical Pasts and Futures for Women's Studies, Composition Studies, and Writing Center Studies." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2015.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/7022245