[ATTW-L] Testing a Reflection Space for Course Design: Dissertation Research Focus Groups

Fri Jan 7 18:53:12 UTC 2022

Dear colleagues,

Happy New Year! I am still recruiting participants for spring focus groups
for my dissertation research. In these groups, we will test and
collaboratively revise a reflective course design space for Technical
and/or Professional Communication instructors who emphasize social justice
in their courses. If you're interested in trying out a space to reflect on
and revise your course materials, please see below for more information.

Participation in this project is voluntary and consists of four (4)
one-hour focus groups with up to 10 participants once per month, in late
January, February, March, and April 2022. *Participants will be compensated
$25 per focus group (or $100 for the full set)*. Spring focus groups will
include walkthroughs and usability testing of a drafted reflection space
for course design or revision practices. The reflection space will be in
Notion <https://www.notion.so/product>, a project-management tool that is
free for personal use. Participants will have access to all developed
materials and templates at the end of the study.

If you are either 1) teaching a TPC course with a social justice focus this
spring or 2) working on designing or revising one for a future term, you
are eligible to participate. *I am especially prioritizing instructors who
identify as multiply marginalized and/or underrepresented in TPC, as well
as contingent instructors.* Please feel free to share with your networks.

<https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmrGil5so7aWWCa>Recruitment
survey: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmrGil5so7aWWCa

*The recruitment survey will remain open* *until Thursday, January 13th*,
and I will contact selected participants on Friday, January 14th with next
steps.

This project has been approved by University of Arizona's Institutional
Review Board (IRB protocol: STUDY00000038).

Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please contact me
directly (juliechristen at arizona.edu) if you have any questions or concerns.

Julie

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 9:00 AM Julie Christen <
juliechristen at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Dear colleagues in Technical and Professional Communication,
>
> My name is Julie Christen and I am a doctoral candidate at University of
> Arizona. I am conducting dissertation research on course design and
> revision practices of TPC instructors who are committed to social justice
> in their courses. My project, "Teaching Social Justice in Technical and
> Professional Communication: Instructor Experience with Course Design and
> Delivery" looks at how instructors design or revise their courses to
> incorporate social justice aims, and this second stage will focus on
> testing and revising a reflection space for instructors to document and
> reflect on their course design and revision practices.
>
> This research builds on a preliminary survey that went out to ATTW in
> August 2021 on language-setting for social justice work in teaching TPC.
> Based on those responses, I offer the following working definition of
> social justice. Social justice efforts are interested in equity, inclusion,
> and accessibility and are especially defined by taking action against
> injustices. Injustices can include (but are not limited to) racism, sexism,
> environmental exploitation of land and people, white language supremacy,
> economic exploitation, and discrimination based on ability. Thank you to
> all who completed that survey.
>
> *Participation in this project is voluntary and consists of four (4)
> monthly one-hour focus groups with up to 10 participants in late January,
> February, March, and April 2022.* *Participants will be compensated $25
> per focus group (or $100 for the full set)*. Spring focus groups will
> include walkthroughs and usability testing of a drafted reflection space
> for course design or revision practices. The reflection space will be in
> Notion <https://www.notion.so/product>, a project-management tool that is
> free for personal use. Participants will have access to all developed
> materials and templates at the end of the study.
>
> If you are either 1) teaching a TPC course with a social justice focus in
> the spring or 2) working on designing or revising one for a future term,
> you are eligible to participate. *I am especially prioritizing
> instructors who identify as multiply marginalized and/or underrepresented
> in TPC, as well as contingent instructors.* Please feel free to share
> with your networks.
>
> If you are interested in participating in this project, I've linked a
> recruitment survey below that should take no more than 10 minutes of your
> time. The survey will remain open until January 10, 2022 and I will reach
> out with next steps by January 14th.
>
> <https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmrGil5so7aWWCa>Recruitment
> survey: https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dmrGil5so7aWWCa
>
> This project has been approved by University of Arizona's Institutional
> Review Board (IRB protocol: STUDY00000038).
>
> Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please contact me
> directly (juliechristen at arizona.edu) if you have any questions or
> concerns.
>
> Julie
>
> --
> *Julie Christen* (she/her)
> PhD Candidate | Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
> <https://english.arizona.edu/rcte>
> Graduate Associate | General Education Refresh
> <https://provost.arizona.edu/content/general-ed-refresh>
> Instructor | Professional & Technical Writing
> <https://english.arizona.edu/bachelor-arts-%E2%80%93-professional-and-technical-writing>
> University of Arizona
>

-- 
*Julie Christen* (she/her)
PhD Candidate | Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
<https://english.arizona.edu/rcte>
Graduate Associate | General Education Refresh
<https://provost.arizona.edu/content/general-ed-refresh>
Instructor | Professional & Technical Writing
<https://english.arizona.edu/bachelor-arts-%E2%80%93-professional-and-technical-writing>
University of Arizona
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