Empowering Stakeholders in a Cohort of Interdisciplinary Writing Minors

Flexibility, Agency, Reciprocity, and Accountability

Authors

  • Melissa Carrion University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Ed Nagelhout University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Keywords:

Interdisciplinarity, Stakeholders, Framework, Minors, Flexbility, Agency

Abstract

Universities and employers make clear that STEM students need to learn effective writing and communication strategies, and Technical/Professional Communication (TPC) programs are uniquely poised to facilitate this goal. However, in the absence of formal university Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID) structures, TPC faculty should be proactive in creating collaborative writing programs that can both serve their STEM students, and offer writing faculty opportunities to collaborate with a range of stakeholders. In this article, we draw from stakeholder theory to offer a heuristic and framework for analyzing stakeholders in an interdisciplinary writing program. We also draw from our newly developed interdisciplinary writing minors to model this framework and to define how it can help to ensure the flexibility, agency, reciprocity, and accountability that we argue are crucial to sustainable writing programs.

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Author Biographies

Melissa Carrion, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Melissa Carrion is an Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She earned her PhD from Purdue University in 2014, and her research examines the role of rhetoric and technical communication in the public understanding of science,especially regarding scientific controversies. Her research has appeared in journals including Health Communication, Public Understanding of Science, and Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, and she co-edited a special issue of Programmatic Perspectives focused on the shape and role of service courses in TPC programs.

Ed Nagelhout, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Ed Nagelhout is a Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 1996. He has co-edited three collections, published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles or book chapters, along with two open-access electronic textbooks, and presented more than 100 papers on a variety of topics in a variety of venues. His research focuses on WPA, teaching in digital environments, digital composing, writing in the disciplines, and open-access literacy and learning.

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Published

2022-12-14

How to Cite

Carrion, M., & Nagelhout, E. (2022). Empowering Stakeholders in a Cohort of Interdisciplinary Writing Minors: Flexibility, Agency, Reciprocity, and Accountability. Programmatic Perspectives, 13(2), 52–75. Retrieved from https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/22

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2022): Programmatic Perspectives

Section

Research Articles