Nick Sanders
Part-Time Faculty
Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences
About Nick Sanders
My name is Nick Sanders, I use he/him pronouns, and I'm excited to be serving as a temporary instructional faculty in English here at WCC! I'm originally from upstate New York, where I completed my associates in general studies at SUNY Fulton-Montgomery Community College. I've taught part time in English at WCC since last January 2022. I'm passionate about how we write-- and teach writing-- as a matter of social justice. I bring critical approaches to the teaching of writing, including Black, queer, and feminist theories and stories.
I'm a PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Writing at Michigan State University, and I will defend my dissertation, "A Rhetoric of White Racial Un/learning," in February 2023. I've been teaching since 2016, and I've taught courses such as, first-year writing, professional writing, antiracist pedagogies, critical media literacy, writing center studies, among others. I've served as Assistant Director of the Writing Center of the Writing Center, where I led staff development in areas of antiracist pedagogy and tutoring, assessment, and community engagement.
Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric & Writing, May 2023, ABD April 2021
College Teaching Certificate, May 2023
Teacher-Consultant, Red Cedar Writing Project, National Writing Project, August 2022
Concentration Area: Administrating Writing: Theory, Research, & Practice
Language Proficiency: Black Language, Rhetoric, & Literacy
Dissertation Title: Divesting White Racial Consciousness: A Rhetoric of Coalitional
White Racial Un/Learning
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Master of Arts in English, May 2018
University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Concentration Area: Writing Studies & Writing Pedagogy
Thesis: Toward a Theory of Boundary-ness: Assignments and Perceptions of Agency in
the College Writing Classroom
Bachelor of Arts in English, May 2016
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York
Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts & Sciences (with Honors), May 2014
Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, New York
Journal Articles:
Smith, T., Sanders, N., Meadows, B., Baugh, R., & Hawks, A. (September, 2023) Histories,
Failures, and Accountabilities: Queer Stories of Administrative Coalition. Peitho:
Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition,
Special Issue: Coalition as Commonplace. Proposal submitted.
Sanders, N., Pouncil, F., Pregent G., Smith T., Aguliar-Smith, S. (June, 2023) Making
Good on Our Promises to Language Justice: Spheres of Coalitional Possibilities across
the Discipline. College Composition and Communication. Revisions submitted.
Sanders, N. & Smith, T. G. (2022). Nancy Grimm’s Good Intentions Twenty Years Later
and the Work Ahead. Writing Center Journal.
Aguliar-Smith, S., Pouncil, F., & Sanders, N. (2022). Departing To a Better World:
Advancing Linguistic Justice Through Staff Professional Development. The Peer Review,
vol. 6, no. 1.
Pouncil, F., & Sanders, N. (2022) The Work Before: A Coalitional Alliance Heuristic
to Move Toward Black Futures in Technical Communication. Technical Communication Quarterly,
Special Issue: Black Technical and Professional Communication, vol. 31, no. 3, pp.
283-297.
Chapters in Edited Books and Textbooks:
Sanders, N., Pregent, G., & Bauer, L. (in press). Orienting Public Pedagogues: A Black
Feminist Approach to Community-Engaged Writing Center Work. Public Feminisms: Community
Engagement through Writing, Research, and Activism, edited by Carrie Baker and Avivia
Dove-Viebahn.
Sanders, N. Writing Histories, Writing Futures: A Guide to Analyzing Literacy and
Identity. Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 4. Revise & Resubmit. Open access
textbook chapter. Revision submitted.
Sanders, N. Making Scyborgs in Undergraduate Consultant Education: Learning Projects
for Queer Writing Center Futurities. In Smith, T., Dixon, E., & Pouncil, F., Queer
Writing Center Praxis. WAC Clearinghouse. (invited submission). Initial draft submitted.
Sanders, N. & Wansitler, C. Queering Professionalization of Graduate Writing Center
Administrators as Campus Leaders, in Eds., Bond, C., Bracewell, J., Moroski-Rigney,
S., Roper, K., & Faison, W., Writing Center Administrators as Campus Leaders. Proposal
accepted.
Hawks, A., & Sanders, N. Fostering Linguistic Consciousness through Response Practices:
Perspectives from a Writing Center with Commitments to Language Justice, in Eds. Blewett,
K. & Post, J. Reconceptualizing Response: Using Instructor Feedback to Promote Equity
and Linguistic Justice in the Writing Classroom. Accepted. Initial draft submitted.
Teaching Materials
Sanders, N. (July 2021). Writing as Inquiry – “Writing Selves/Writing Futures: Language,
Power, & Socialization. Gayle Morris Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Syllabus
& Calendar.
Book Review Essays
Sanders, N. (2020). Rereading the Reading Problem in English Studies. Pedagogy: Critical
Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, vol. 20, no.
3 (Spring 2020). pp. 563-568. Book Review.
Sanders, N. (2018). Securing Composition’s Disciplinarity: The Possibilities for Independent
Writing Programs and Contingent Labor Activism. Composition Studies, vol. 46, no.
1 (Spring 2018). pp. 166-174. Long-Form Review Essay.
Creative Nonfiction
Sanders, N. (2016). Fathers, Sons, and Guns. Thoughtcatalog.com. Creative Nonfiction.
Anti-racist approaches to curriculum, program administration, and teacher/tutor development; community literacy and community engagement; language justice and coalition building; critical whiteness studies; critical media literacy; language and literacy studies; research method/ologies; technical and professional communication; document design; grant writing; writing program administration; writing center administration; teaching writing at the two-year college
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-sanders-753210168/
Google Scholar: https://sande463.wixsite.com/my-site