Document Type
Student Presentation
Presentation Date
4-24-2020
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Whitney Douglas
Abstract
Anti-racist writing center research is a recent and critical field of study; however, in practice, it is often trivialized and used in antithetical ways. My research argues anti-racist practice should be one of the primary concerns of a writing center. Further, my research addresses a gap in anti-racist approaches by incorporating emotional labor research to identify the ways in which marginalized consultants are expected to perform emotional labor in the space. I analyze non-consensual or involuntary emotional labor, and how it contributes to burnout, isolation, and lack of job satisfaction for consultants of color and other marginalized communities. I use previous scholarship on emotional labor as well as my own experiences as a consultant of color in order to examine what strategies can be used to interrupt the practice of involuntary emotional labor and create a truly anti-racist center.
Recommended Citation
Hawks, Amanda Nicole and Douglas, Whitney, "Towards a (Truly) Anti-Racist Writing Center" (2020). 2020 Undergraduate Research Showcase. 77.
https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/under_showcase_2020/77