Early Days: The Emergence of Writing as a Distinct Focus

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Titled “Early Days: The Emergence of Writing as a Distinct Focus”, this podcast surveys the origins of the Writing and Literacies Special Interest Group from the perspective of one of its early members, Dr. George Newell. Dr. Newell is professor of Adolescent, Post-Secondary and Community Literacies in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Ohio State University, and together we discuss the emergence of research and focus on writing as a unique subject of inquiry at the AERA, as well as future directions for writing research. Brought to you by the AERA Writing and Literacies SIG Communication Team with special thanks to SIG Historian Dr. Robert LeBlanc, Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona. Theme music in this episode composed and performed by SIG member Dr. Vaughn Watson, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University. His series is inspired by Bakhtin’s “notion of 'social heteroglossia’ across which utterances carry forward complementary and contradictory, not fixed, meanings of topics at hand. Tracing echoes attends to, rather than disregards, the multiplicity of voices, intentions and meanings across echoes" (Watson & Marciano, 2015, p. 42). More of this Heteroglossic series available at: https://soundcloud.com/heteroglossic More on Dr. Watson’s scholarly work at: https://michiganstate.academia.edu/VaughnWatson Watson, V. W. M., & Marciano, J. E. (2015). Examining a social-participatory youth co-researcher methodology: A cross-case analysis extending possibilities of literacy and research. Literacy, 49(1), pp. 37-44.