Chris Blankenship

Director of Learning Outcomes Assessment, Writing Studies faculty at Salt Lake CC; Asst. Editor, Reading List of the Journal of Writing Assessment

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

@jgrouling Not sure what to call it, but the turn towards integrating more robust social science methods into comp research. I'd call Haswell's 2005 Written Communication article about RAD research a real starting point to it

[Douglas L. Allen @dallen_critgeo]

I'm being dismissed from my Tenure Track position at Emporia State University in May. The university used a process approved by KBOR that bypassed faculty shared governance to eliminate numerous tenured, TT, and non-TT faculty.

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

19 tenured and tenure-line faculty confirmed dismissed from ESU already, most from the arts and humanities. And, from the ones I know, it's nearly everyone who has spoken to the press in the last week critical of the administration https://t.co/OlLlVjlEqF

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

And they're wasting no time. Faculty cuts are already happening at ESU https://t.co/W2vFWoAJ4g

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

It's no surprise that KBOR has approved the plan to suspend tenure protections. From a secret search for a seemingly unqualified university president to springing this proposal on the Faculty Senate at the last minute, this has been a carefully laid plan https://t.co/GJmv6PY5k2

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

Very worrying news coming out of ESU. While I haven't worked there in a few years, I still have a lot of respect for the scholars and teachers there. They deserve better than this.

[Mindy McAdams (not a Dr.) @macloo]

In Kansas: "A plan to restructure the school and allow the firing of faculty members with only a 30-day notice is expected to be approved this week... If adopted, the ‘workforce management plan’ would effectively suspend tenure...” https://t.co/HTrjGzYfjV

[JWA @writassess]

Folks at #TYCA might be interested in JWA's special issue on two-year college writing placement, with excellent work and guidance from Christie Toth, Jessica Nastal, Holly Hassel, and Joanne Baird Giordano
https://t.co/ZwkpT2VpTG

[JWA @writassess]

#4C22 attendees! Need motivation to finally read that text languishing on your coffee table or downloads folder? The JWA Reading List is looking for folks to review recent books & scholarship in writing assessment. Send us a DM or an email (link in profile). @NCTE_CCCC @ncte_tyca

[JWA @writassess]

Interested in writing a review but don't have a text in mind yet? We've got you! Let us know & we can set you up with one of the books/articles on our list. #4C22 @NCTE_CCCC @ncte_tyca

[JWA @writassess]

Folks at #TYCA today -- consider submitting your manuscripts to the Journal of Writing Assessment! https://t.co/swJtMsaqJo

[JWA @writassess]

The Journal of Writing Assessment invites manuscripts on assessment-related topics from a variety of areas including K-12, college, and noneducational settings
For more submission information, check out: https://t.co/swJtMss27Y

Photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash

[quippy bronson @Bronsosaurus]

I try not to hold it against literature for being the only concept people have of Engl studies. But I don’t study literary writers. I study everyday writers & communicators & I think the disconnect people have on Engl studies is they think writing has to be literary to matter.

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

@Sparbtastic Others have said similar, but narrow by areas of interest and experience. I was looking for a specific niche within a more LGBTQIA umbrella (dm if you want more specifics) and that really narrowed the field for me. After that, I just went for availability and then fit on meeting

[JWA @writassess]

Reflective writing may offer students opportunities to appeal to teachers & raters. Do student-fashioning or teacher-pleasing affect rater scores? Pruchnic, Barton, Trimble, Primeau, Weiss, Guinot Varty & Foster Moore report https://t.co/1K6xMLejLJ #AcademicTwitter #TeamRhetoric

[JWA @writassess]

How does past injustice affect local assessment ecologies? In “The Injustice of Opportunity” Moos shows how Clarence DeWitt Thorpe’s writing assessment scholarship and practice influenced and constrained learning opportunities for students for many years. https://t.co/ojNFUUKazZ

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

Yet another reason why the GOP explanation for ignoring the UIRC's recommendations just doesn't match the reality of the situation. Just be honest about winning being more important than fairness.

[Ty Aagard @tyrellaagard]

I went ahead and marked where our current 4 members of Congress live on the new map. I’m so glad we care so deeply about rural representation that we create a map to elect four members of Congress from the Wasatch Front! I'm sure the rural areas of the state feel loved. #utpol

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

I don't often agree with McMullin, but I'm glad to see him standing up for fair districting here. It won't make any difference, but it's still nice to see.

[Chris Blankenship @CNBlank]

Yeah, I feel this really hard at this precise moment. In many different ways.

[Alexandra Hidalgo @The_AlexHidalgo]

In the introduction to their @ncte College English special issue, Ellen Cushman, Damián Baca, and Romeo García provide a critique of constellations and of our editorial practices. As the journal's editor-in-chief, here is my response to their claims:
https://t.co/BszyapDKQ7