Disciplinary Lifecycling: A Generative Framework for Career Trajectories in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies
| Title: | Disciplinary Lifecycling: A Generative Framework for Career Trajectories in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Pinkert, Laurie A., Bowen, Lauren Marshall |
| Source: | Composition Studies. 2021 49(1):16-41. |
| Availability: | Composition Studies. Available from: UMass Boston. 100 William T. Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125; e-mail: compstudiesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://compstudiesjournal.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 26 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Career Development, Writing Research, Writing (Composition), Rhetoric, Careers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Retirement, Models |
| ISSN: | 1534-9322 |
| Abstract: | In this article, we theorize the disciplinary lifecycle as an alternative to the limited metaphor of the "career arc." We argue that theorizing career trajectories as lifecycles resonates more fully with the experiences that are common to careers in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies (RCWS), thereby providing more possibilities for individuals to recognize and enact their disciplinary development across varying environments and in different phases of their careers. Further, we call for the field to better acknowledge the changing environments for disciplinary work by making visible typified but underrepresented phases in our scholarship and career development discourse. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1307830 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| ISSN: | 1534-9322 |
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| Published in: | Composition Studies |
| Language: | English |