ENG 5933 Fall 2018 Lathan

The objective of this course is to introduce students to a close theoretical investigation on how concepts of race, sexual orientation and/or ethnicity have been taken up in Composition Studies. We will examine intersectional methodologies: specifically how the field assembles evidence, argues claims, and constructs theories and histories of Composition, culture(s) and communities in the U.S.

The course is divided into three sections (1) e(Race)ing history, (Race)ing Around Composition Studies, (3) (Race)ing Forward. We draw from Critical Race Theory to assesses the implications of past and current theories for research, teaching and learning in academic and community based contexts. Ultimately students will work to identify what Royster and Williams call "the spaces left" in Composition specifically the next frontier in composition studies: What's missing? What should be studied and how?

Course work consist of intensive reading, students reading response briefs, class discussion, midterm paper and final presentation and project

Text include:
Kynard. Vernacular Insurrections: Race, Black Protest, and the New Century in Composition-Literacies Studies
Prendergast. Literacy and Racial Justice
Pritchard. Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy
Ruiz. Reclaiming Composition for Chicano/as and other Ethnic Minorities: A Critical History and Pedagogy
Young. Your Average Nigga: Performing Race Literacy and Masculinity.