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Jaepl, Vol. 23, Winter 2017-2018, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Editors’ Parting Message

Essays

The Politics of Consciousness, Kurt Spellmeyer

Writing, Silence, and Well-being, Robert P. Yagelski

Writing as a Liberal Art in an Age Neither Artful nor Liberal, Douglas Hesse

The Tyranny of ‘Best Practices,’ Roger Thompson

SPECIAL SECTION: TEACHING AND LEARNING AS BODILY ARTS

Corporal Pedagogies: An Introduction, Wendy Ryden

Embodied Databases: Attending to Research ‘Places’ through Emotion and Movement, Kati Fargo Ahern

Embodied Ethos and a Pedagogy of Presence: Reflections from a Writing Yogi, Christy I. Wenger

Rhetorics of Reflection: Revisiting Listening Rhetoric through Mindfulness, Empathy, and Non-Violent Communication, Renea Frey

Performance and the Possible: Embodiment, Privilege, …

Corporal Pedagogies: An Introduction, Wendy Ryden

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Essays in this section address the question: “What happens when we understand teaching and learning as bodily arts that holistically engage us rather than disconnect us from our embodied selves?”

Performance And The Possible: Embodiment, Privilege, And The Politics Of Teaching Writing, Lesley Erin Bartlett

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An astute examination of the roles students often expect their teachers to assume prompts questions and challenges for those whose bodies do not correspond with those expectations.

Back Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters

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Back Matter

Writing As A Liberal Art In An Age Neither Artful Nor Liberal, Douglas Hesse

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If the personal essay no longer finds a place in First-Year Composition, how do students learn to make meaningful connections in a fragmented and politically fraught world?

Book Reviews, Irene Papoulis, Wendy Ryden, Mark Mcbeth, Mary Pigliacelli

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Irene Papoulis: Looking for Solace

Wendy Ryden: Golub, Adam and Heather Richardson Hayton, eds. Monsters in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching What Scares Us. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2017.

Mark McBeth: Waite, Stacey. Teaching Queer: Radical Possibilities for Writing and Knowledge. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.

Mary Pigliacelli: Eodice, Michele, Anne Ellen Geller, and Neal Lerner. The Meaningful Writing Project: Learning, Teaching, and Writing in Higher Education. Boulder, Utah State UP, 2016.

Front Matter, Joonna Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters

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Front Matter

Rhetorics Of Reflection: Revisiting Listening Rhetoric Through Mindfulness, Empathy, And Non-Violent Communication, Renea Frey

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Invention work with multiple perspectives and empathy set up the context for students to practice mindfulness as they develop skills in argumentative writing.

Embodied Ethos And A Pedagogy Of Presence: Reflections From A Writing Yogi, Christy I. Wenger

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Students reflect on how practicing yoga affects their understanding of how they compose and how they represent themselves to others as they compose.

Connecting, Christy I. Wegner, W. Keith Duffy, Sheila Kennedy, Jen Consilio, Carl Vandermeulen, Robert Randolph

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Christy I. Wenger, The Emotional Labor of Our Work

W. Keith Duffy, Interdisciplinary Dangers: A Small Caveat

Sheila Kennedy & Jen Consilio, One Mindful Step

Carl Vandermeulen, The Way to the Falls

Robert Randolph, A Good Rain

Writing, Silence, And Well-Being, Robert P. Yagelski

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Two composing activities suggest that writing together in silence constitutes an ontological act that creates community and serves as an alternative to perpetuating the divisiveness of current political discourse.

Un/Learning Habituation Of Body-Mind Binary Through The Teaching- Learning Body/Mind, Jeong-Eun Rhee, Stephanie L. Curley, Sharon Subreenduth

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A complex critique of how society constructs women of color in the academy combines with deeply personal interludes and a polyphony of scholarly voices to demonstrate ways that their objectified bodies can not only resist but also improvise as they question what it means to be different.

Embodied Databases: Attending To Research ‘Places’ Through Emotion And Movement, Kati Fargo Ahern

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A simulation exercise helps students translate their kinesthetic and emotional responses to database research into heightened rhetorical awareness and knowledge of information technology.

The Politics Of Consciousness, Kurt Spellmeyer

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How does the corporate co-option of mindfulness impact our society, and what does this co-option mean for those who practice?

The Tyranny Of ‘Best Practices’: Structural Violence And Writing Programs, Roger Thompson

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“Best practices” serve writing programs most effectively if participants use them as guidelines for inquiry and local adaptation.