White or Wrong: Application of Whiteness Theory in First-Year Composition Classes

In this thesis, I claim that applying Whiteness Theory to instruct a composition class will allow students to understand their subjectivity, and this understanding may in turn improve their writing. To make this argument, I provide examples of two assignments that use Whiteness Theory will allow instructors and students to analyze societal situations to gain a better understanding of their own subjectivity and rhetorical devices.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Rhetoric and Composition

Grantor

Texas State University-San Marcos

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Moreland, Casie R.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mejía, Jaime A.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Jackson, Rebecca
• Pimentel, Octavio

• whiteness theory
• alternative rhetorics
• first-year composition
• composition pedagogy

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/2536

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/2536