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The reluctant supervisor: recognizing and rethinking power in writing center supervisory practices

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dc.contributor.authorAzima, Rachel, editor
dc.contributor.authorLevin, Katie, editor
dc.contributor.authorSteck, Meredith, editor
dc.contributor.authorTang, Jasmine Kar, editor
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T18:06:01Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractThe Reluctant Supervisor addresses the too often ignored power dynamics within writing centers, the frequent reluctance of writing center directors to acknowledge their position of power, & how marginalized identities affect and complicate those power dynamics.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsWe Need to Talk: Supervisory Power in Writing Centers / Rachel Azima, Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, Jasmine Kar Tang -- Part I: Hard Realities of Supervising a Writing Center -- 2. Knowing and Loving: Rethinking the Ends and Means of Supervision / Isaac K. Wang -- 3. The Struggle to Be Seen as Legitimate: Experiences of a Black Writing Center Supervisor / Dominique M. Clayton -- 4. What Now? Mandatory Reporting's Conflicting Consequences on Supervision and Mentorship / Stacie Klinowski, Anna Rita Napoleone -- 5. Collaboration as Evasion: Who Is Accountable When Power Is Distributed? / Eric C. Camarillo -- Part II: Relationships with Work and Workers -- 6. Confessions of an Eager Supervisor: Unlearning Classed Workism in Academia / Genie Nicole Giaimo -- 7. Embracing My Positionality as a First-Year Writing Center Director While Navigating Tutor Interactions / Allie Johnston -- 8. Exposing Exploitation: How Capitalism Works in the Writing Center / Lucia Pawlowski -- 9. Sorry to Barge In: Supervision and/as Presence in an Online Writing Center / Meghan Velez -- Part III: No Easy Solutions -- 10. Tales of a Masked Supervisor: Challenging the Myth of the Independent Supervisor and Striving for Access Intimacy in the Writing Center / Nicole E. Green -- 11. Reluctant Supervision as White Complicity / Katie Levin, Meredith Steck -- 12. Unlearning and Relearning Writing Center Dynamics as a Faculty Director / Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu -- 13. Invited in, Professionalized Out: Reflecting on Graduate Student Marginalization and Writing Center Supervision / Yanar Hashlamon -- Page of Unspeakables -- Coda / Rachel Azima, Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, Jasmine Kar Tang.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/245715
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectCollege administrators
dc.subjectSupervisors -- Attitudes
dc.subjectWriting centers -- Administration
dc.titleThe reluctant supervisor: recognizing and rethinking power in writing center supervisory practices
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