Using Narratives to Foster Critical Thinking about Diversity and Social Justice

Narratives From the Margins

“…For example, as far back as 1998, Nancy Blyler charged TPC to take a "political turn" to center its research and instructional practices on social action (33). However, it was not until the second decade of the twenty-first century that scholars began to explicitly interrogate theories, methodologies, practices, and the institutional and disciplinary challenges of enacting social justice (e.g., Agboka 2013Agboka , 2014Colton and Holmes 2016;Haas 2012;Jones 2016aJones , 2016bJones and Walton 2018;Jones, Moore, and Walton 2016;Leydens and Lucena 2017;Leydens 2014;Walton 2013;Walton, Zraly, and Mugengana 2015;Walton, Moore, and Jones 2019). Williams (2013) describes: "These scholars are taking the traditional description of technical communication as a field that advocates for the user to a new and exciting level by focusing on historically marginalized groups and issues related to race, class, gender, and sexuality .…”

Harry Potter and the First Order of Business: Using Simulation to Teach Social Justice and Disability Ethics in Business Communication

“…N. N. Jones and Walton (2016) defined social justice research and pedagogy in terms of agency, collaboration, and engagement.…”

Rhetorical Narratives of Black Entrepreneurs

“…I also appreciate narratives for the rhetorical work that they do. Scholars in rhetoric and technical and professional communication have pointed to narratives as viable sites of study (Blyler, 1996;Faber, 2002;Jones & Walton, 2016;Moore, 2013;Perkins & Blyler, 1999). As a field, we understand that narratives can support dominant ideals or be used as subversive strategy.…”