Engaging Assessment Counterstories through a Cultural Rhetorics Framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21307809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie West‐Puckett (0000-0002-7694-5145), Stephanie West-Puckett, Nicole I Caswell, William P Banks (0000-0003-2991-9822) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 186-203 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | College Composition and Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-096X • E-ISSN: 1939-9006 |
| Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.58680/ccc202332674 |
| OpenAlex | W4390972067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Cultural rhetorics—as orientation, methodology, and practice—has made meaningful contributions to writing pedagogy (Brooks-Gillies et al.; Cedillo and Bratta; Baker-Bell; Cedillo et al.; Cobos et al.; Condon and Young; Powell). Despite these contributions, classroom teachers and writing program administrators can struggle to conceptualize assessment beyond bureaucratic practice and their role in assessment beyond standing in loco for the institution. To more fully realize the potential of cultural rhetorics in our classrooms and programs, the field needs assessment models that seek to uncover the counterstories of writing and meaning-making. Our work, at the intersections of queer rhetorics and writing assessment, provides a theoretical framework called Queer Validity Inquiry (QVI) that disrupts stock stories of success—a success that is always available to some at the expense of others. Through four diffractive lenses—failure, affectivity, identity, and materiality—QVI prompts us to determine what questions about student writers and their writing intrigue us, why we care about them, and whose interests are being served by those questions
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |