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Feminist Methodologies and the Ethics of Inquiry in Writing Studies Research: An Interactive Workshop with Gesa Kirsch

Feminist Methodologies and the Ethics of Inquiry in Writing Studies Research: An Interactive Workshop with Gesa Kirsch

Thinking about methodology? Contemplating issues of ethics and representation? Mulling over the messiness of research? This workshop considers the landscape of writing studies research through the lens of feminist methodologies. Through shared readings and discussion, attendees will be invited to reflect on ethics, objectivity, and representation as they manifest in scholarship and, more specifically, in their own research projects.

Gesa Kirsch is Professor of English at Bentley University in Waltham, MA and a Visiting Scholar at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UC Santa Barbara. She has explored and written about feminist research methodology, ethics and representation, and archival research processes for some time. Her publications include Feminist Rhetorical Practices (co-authored with Jacqueline Jones Royster), Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Process (co-edited with Liz Rohan), Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research (single-authored), and Ethics and Representations in Qualitative Studies of Literacy (co-edited with Peter Mortensen).

Suggested readings (but not required):

Rohan, Liz. “Reseeing and Redoing: Making Historical Research at the Turn of the Millennium.” Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and Methodology. Ed. Lee Nickoson and Mary P. Sheridan. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2012. 25-35.

Royster, Jacqueline Jones and Gesa E. Kirsch. “Feminist Rhetorical Practices: In Search of Excellence.” College Composition and Communication 61.4 (June 2010): 640-672.
Visit this page to download the readings.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to http://tinyurl.com/uci-cwc-4-25-16 by April 20, 2016 to confirm your attendance.