Operational Literacies

“A Commentary on Literacy Narratives as Sponsors of Literacy,” Deborah Brandt

Brandt, D. (June 2015). A commentary on literacy narratives as sponsors of literacy. Curriculum Inquiry 45 (3), pp. 330-333. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43941704

“Critical Reading in a Screen Paradigm: From Deficit to Default,” Doug Downs

Downs, D. (2021, April.) Critical reading in a screen paradigm: From deficit to default. Pedagogy, 21 (2), pp. 205-224. https://doi.org/10.1215/15314200-8811398.

“From Outside, In,” Barbara Mellix

Mellix, B. (1987, Summer). From outside, in. The Georgia Review, 41 (2), pp. 258-267. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41399284.

“Girl,” Jamaica Kincaid

Kincaid, J. (1978, June 26). Girl. The New Yorker, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/26/girl.

“Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively,” Margaret Kantz

Kantz, M. (1990, Jan.). Helping students use textual sources persuasively. College English, 52 (1), pp. 74-91. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/377413.

“Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan

Tan, A. (Autumn, 1990). Mother tongue. The Threepenny Review, 43, pp. 7-8. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4383908.

“Only Daughter,” Sandra Cisneros

Cisneros, S. (1995). Only daughter. In Castillo-Speed, L. (Ed.), Latina: Women’s Voices From the Borderlands (pp. 1-2). Touchstone/Simon & Schuster. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=LKUtbDMdwA8C&oi=fnd&pg=PA89&dq=only+daughter+by+sandra+cisneros&ots=kbwTyd1hYV&sig=MD_504MZva_YJod31FrJtZxUZC8#v=onepage&q=only%20daughter%20by%20sandra%20cisneros&f=false

“Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers,” Nancy Sommers

Sommers, N. (1980). Revision strategies of student writers and experienced adult writers. College Composition and Communication, 31(4), 378–388. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/356588

“Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning,” Christina Haas & Linda Flower

Haas, C. & Flower, L. (1988, May). Rhetorical reading strategies and the construction of meaning. College Composition and Communication, 39 (2), pp. 167-183. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/358026.

“Rhetorical Reading for Writing Strategies,” Irena Kuzborska

Kuzborska, I. (2019). Rhetorical reading for writing strategies. Journal of ELT Research, 4 (1), pp. 1-7. https://journal.uhamka.ac.id/index.php/jer/article/view/3077.

“Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents,” Keith Grant-Davie

Grant-Davie, K. (1997, Spring). Rhetorical situations and their constituents. Rhetoric Review, 15 (2), pp. 264-279. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/465644.

“Sponsors of Literacy,” Deborah Brandt

Brandt, D. (1998, May). Sponsors of literacy. College Composition and Communication, 49 (2), pp. 165-185. https://doi.org/10.2307/358929

“A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing across the Curriculum,” Lucille Parkinson McCarthy

McCarthy, L.P.. (1987, Oct.). A stranger in strange lands: A college student writing across the curriculum. Research in the Teaching of English, 21 (3), pp. 233-265. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40171114.

“Teaching Autoethnography: Personal Writing in the Classroom,” Melissa Tombo

Tombo, Melissa. Teaching autoethnography: Personal writing in the classroom. https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/teachingautoethnography/


Cultural Literacies

“Cultural Literacy,” E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

Hirsch, E. D. Jr. (1983). Cultural literacy. The American Scholar, 52 (2), pp. 159-169. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41211231

“Definition and Genesis of an Online Discourse Community,” Marcella Kehus, Kelley Walters, & Melanie Shaw

Kehus, M., Walters, K., & Shaw, M. (2010). Definition and genesis of an online discourse community. The International Journal of Learning, 17 (4), pp. 67-85. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,cookie,uid&db=ehh&AN=64405457&site=ehost-live&scope=site

“Discourse Communities and the Discourse of Experience,” Miles Little, Christopher F.C. Jordens, & Emma-Jane Sayers

Little, M., Jordens, C. F. C., & Sayers, E.-J. (2003). Discourse communities and the discourse of experience. Health, 7(1), 73–86. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26646401

“Knowledge Building in Discourse Communities,” Ellice Ann Forman

Forman, E. A. (2000). Knowledge building in discourse communities. Human Development, 43(6), 364–368. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26763485.

“Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics,” James Paul Gee

Gee, J.P. (1989). Literacy, discourse, and linguistics. The Journal of Education, 171 (1), pp. 5-17. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743865.

“Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities,” Amy J. Devitt, Anis Bawarshi, Mary Jo Reiff

Devitt, A. J., Bawarshi, A., & Reiff, M. J. (2003). Materiality and genre in the study of discourse communities. College English, 65(5), 541–558. https://doi.org/10.2307/3594252

“Organizational Sensemaking in Tough Times: The Ecology of NGOs’ COVID-19 Issue Discourse Communities on Social Media,” Yiqi Li, Jieun Shin, Jingyi Sun, Hye Min Kim, Yan Qu, & Aimei Yang

Li, Y., Shin, J, Sun, J., Kim, H., Qu, Y., & Yang, A. (2021). Organizational sensemaking in tough times: The ecology of NGOs’ COVID-19 issue discourse communities on social media. Computers in Human Behavior, 122, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106838

“Reflections on the Concept of Discourse Community,” John Swales

Swales, J. (2016). Reflections on the concept of discourse community. ASp, 69, 378–388. http://asp.revues.org/4774

“‘Some of It Is Serendipity’: An Interview with Victor Villanueva,” Donna Evans & Victor Villanueva

Evans, D. & Villanueva, V. (2013, Fall). “Some of it is serendipity”: An interview with Victor Villanueva. Writing on the Edge, 24 (1), pp. 4-16. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43157496.

“Understanding Discourse Communities,” Dan Melzer

Melzer, D. (2020) Understanding discourse communities. Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, (pp. 100-115). Parlor Press. https://writingspaces.org/past-volumes/grammar-rhetoric-and-style/

“What Every American Should Know,” Eric Liu

Liu, E. (2015, Jul. 3) What every American needs to know. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/what-every-american-should-know/397334/


Critical Literacies

Challenging Our Labels: Rejecting the Language of Remediation,” Brisa Galindo, et al.

Galindo, B., Castaneda, S., Gutierrez, E., Tejada, Jr., A, & Wallace, D. (2015) Challenging our labels: Rejecting the language of remediation. Young Scholars in Writing. (pp. 5-16). California State University, San Bernardino. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://youngscholarsinwriting.org/index.php/ysiw/article/view/165.

“Should Writers Use They Own English?” Vershawn Ashanti Young

Young, V.A. (2011). Should writers use they own English? In L. Greenfield & K. Rowan (Eds.) Writing Centers and the New Racism: A Call for Sustainable Dialogue and Change (pp. 61-72). University Press of CO. https://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/vcu/detail.action?docID=3442874.

“What Should Colleges Teach?” Part 3, Stanley Fish

Fish, S. (2009, Sept. 7). What should colleges teach? Part 3. New York Times. https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/what-should-colleges-teach-part-3/

“When Writers Aren’t Authors: A Qualitative Study of Unattributed Writers,” Elisa Findlay

Findlay, E. (2019, May). When writers aren’t authors: A qualitative study of unattributed writers. College English, 81 (5), pp. 432-456. http://proxy.library.vcu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,url,cookie,uid&db=a9h&AN=137039590&site=ehost-live&scope=site