Special Anniversary Issue of Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

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Dear Colleagues:

Laurie Grobman and I are thrilled to announce the spring/summer 20^th anniversary issue of Reflections! The historical perspectives and retrospective surveys of the journal provide a starting point for scholars interested in academic journals, community-engaged writing, and the particular struggles and achievements of this particular journal. As several contributors note, this anniversary issue looks not only to the past but also to the future of writing in communities. The issue features articles by founding and former editors and authors, a reflective cartography of twenty years of content, and a survey of the journal’s readership. It also includes two articles and two book reviews that represent the ongoing work of Reflections. 

Thanks to everyone who made this issue possible--authors, interviewers, copy editor Anna Flemming, web editor Heather Lang, and graphic designer Elizabeth Parks.

Deborah Mutnick and Laurie Grobman

Coeditors, Reflections: A Journal of Community Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

 

Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, Volume 20, Issue 1, Spring/ Summer 2020 @ https://reflectionsjournal.net/archive/

 

The Art of Learning Our Place

Barbara Roswell, Goucher College

 

Reflections’ 20th Anniversary Roundtable: What Was, What Is, What’s Coming

Isabel Baca, University of Texas at El Paso; Tobi Jacobi, Colorado State University; Tom Deans, University of Connecticut; and Heather Lang, Susquehanna University

 

 “You’re Not Alone”: An Interview with Tom Deans about Supporting Community Engagement

Eric Mason, Nova Southeastern University

 

The Consequences of Engaged Education: Building a Public Case

Linda Flower, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Are We Still an Academic Journal?: Editing as an Ethical Practice of Change

Steve Parks, University of Virginia, and Brian Bailie, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash College

 

Intersectional Community Thinking: New Possibilities for Thinking About Community

Abbie Levesque DeCamp, Northeastern University, and Ellen Cushman, Northeastern University

 

An Interview with Paula Mathieu on the 20th Anniversary of Reflections

Shane A. Wood, University of Southern Mississippi

 

Community Engagement for the Graduate Student Soul: Ruminations on Reflections

Ashanka Kumari, Texas A&M University - Commerce

 

Locating Our Editorial and Intellectual Selves Through and Within the Pages of Reflections: A Personal Reflection

Reva E. Sias, California State University, Fresno

 

Reflective Cartography: Mapping: Reflections’ First 20 Years

Roger Chao, Oakland University; Deb Dimond Young, University of Northern Iowa; David Stock, Brigham Young University; Johanna Phelps, Washington State University Vancouver; and Alex Wulff, Maryville University

 

Twenty Years of Community Building: Reflections on/and Rhetorical Ecologies

Noah Patton, University of Oklahoma Rachel Presley, and University of Minnesota

 

A Curriculum of the Self: Students’ Experiences with Prescriptive Writing in Low and No-Cost Adult Education Programs

Alison Turner, University of Denver

 

More than a Sandwich: Developing an Inclusive Summer Lunch Literacy Program in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Laurie Cella, Shippensburg University; Michael Lyman, Shippensburg University; Liz Fisher, Shippensburg University; Sysha Irot, Shippensburg University; and Gabrielle Binando, Shippensburg University