WPA Research Grant Awarded to Karen S. Rowan, Morgan State University
Aug 26th, 2007 | By IWCA Web Editor | Category: ArchivesCongratulations to Karen S. Rowan, Writing Center Director at Morgan State University, who has been awarded a WPA Research Grant for her project entitled “Writing Centers in Minority-Serving Institutions.” The project description follows: This project is “a national survey of writing centers at minority-serving institutions, including HBCUs, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Tribal-Serving Institutions (TSIs)…The survey will include questions such as: What space and place do these writing centers occupy in their institutions? Do minority-serving institutions’ histories and contexts shape the work of these writing centers in ways that differ significantly from predominantly white institutions (PWIs)? If so, in what ways and to what ends? What can we learn about both the possibilities and limitations of working for social justice in writing centers by examining the work of writing centers situated in institutions with historical commitments to social justice and those with often distinctly different histories?â€