Discussing antiracist writing assessment

Race and writing assessment expert, Dr. Asao Inoue, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences & Director of University Writing, University of Washington-Tacoma and author of Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Teaching and Assessing Writing for a Socially Just Future (2015) and co-editor of the award winning Race and Writing Assessment (2012) will discuss race and writing assessment development and assessment on March 22, 2016.

Hosted by the WSU Writing Program, the events are free and open to the public, and will be delivered via AMS to Spokane, Vancouver, Tri-Cities, and Everett locations.

Inoue will facilitate a workshop for instructional faculty and graduate students titled, “Three Antiracist Writing Assessment Practices for the Writing Intensive Classroom” and a talk, “Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies: Classrooms as Places of Antiracist Work.” The locations of the workshop and talk are as follows: Pullman – Avery Bundy Reading Room, Spokane – SAC 145A, Vancouver – VDEN 301, Tri-Cities (workshop) CIC 125T and (talk) West 209, and Everett – GWH 364. A book signing will follow the talk. The Bookie will have books available for purchase at the event.

For more information, please contact Xyanthe Neider, 509-335-6471 or xneider@wsu.edu

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