{"product_id":"understanding-wpa-readiness-and-renewal-9781433194405","title":"Understanding Wpa Readiness and Renewal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding WPA Readiness and Renewal\u003c\/em\u003e examines WPA journeys and journeying.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned for WPA graduate seminars and professional development workshops, this book addresses two questions: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- How do people develop readiness to serve as WPAs?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- How do experienced WPAs find or create renewal opportunities that help them move forward throughout their lives and careers?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors address these questions from their sometimes-intersecting identities as BIPOC scholars, LGBTQ+ people, graduate students, and adjunct faculty, as well as early, mid-, and later-career WPAs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthors draw on their experience teaching at a range of two- and four-year institutions to analyse the complexities, contingencies, and rewards of short and long-term WPA work. These scholars contend that understanding WPA \"readiness\" and \"renewal\" involves questioning inherited definitions of those terms and engaging in theorized, self-aware conversations that \u003ci\u003ereflect\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ereflect on\u003c\/i\u003e, understudied fears and desires about WPA work from graduate preparation to preparing for leadership rotation and retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7243573\"\u003eAlice S. Horning\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.91w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433194405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433194406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU029050\"\u003eTeaching | Subjects | Arts \u0026amp; Humanities\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU040000\"\u003ePhilosophy, Theory \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN015000\"\u003eRhetoric\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Janangelo \u003c\/strong\u003eis Past President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and teaches at Loyola University Chicago. His books are \u003ci\u003eA Critical Look at Institutional Mission: A Guide for WPAs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eResituating Writing Programs: Constructing and Administering Writing Programs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTheoretical and Critical Perspectives on Teacher Change\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Blaauw-Hara\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor at University of Toronto Mississauga, former President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, and current Treasurer of the Canadian Writing Centres Association. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eComposition Forum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTeaching English in the Two-Year College\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComposition Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKairos\u003c\/i\u003e, and many edited collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44454790660333,"sku":"9781433194405","price":104.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_68134df1-0cdd-49d9-8a18-306e1ce8dcc4.jpg?v=1700379404","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/understanding-wpa-readiness-and-renewal-9781433194405","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}