{"product_id":"the-reluctant-supervisor-recognizing-and-rethinking-power-in-writing-center-supervisory-practices-paperback","title":"The Reluctant Supervisor: Recognizing and Rethinking Power in Writing Center Supervisory Practices - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Azima\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKatie Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMeredith Steck\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe discipline of writing center studies has long emphasized collaboration in every context, including leadership. But what does this emphasis mean for supervision, which is inherently hierarchical?\u003ci\u003e The Reluctant Supervisor\u003c\/i\u003e attends to how power-institutional, racial, and otherwise-operates in work, relationships, staff policies, and administrative decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving sustained attention to writing center administrators as supervisors (in addition to their roles as leaders, directors, mentors, and teachers), contributors write from the specificities of their local contexts, institutional positions, and embodied histories in ways that deepen the understanding of writing center supervisory practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Supervisor\u003c\/i\u003e wrestles with the tensions, contradictions, and challenges necessary to name, own, and recognize supervision as a fundamental part of writing center work. It provides valuable perspectives for aspiring, new, and experienced writing center professionals and others in higher education looking to develop a more reflective supervisory practice-especially those who want to center equity and justice in their workplaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Azima\u003c\/b\u003e is writing center director and professor of practice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Their writing center scholarship has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePraxis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatie Levin\u003c\/b\u003e has been working in and researching writing centers for over thirty years. Her research has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePraxis \u003c\/i\u003eas well as several edited collections. She works at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeredith Steck\u003c\/b\u003e has been a writing consultant, administrator, and instructor for over ten years. Her research has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and other scientific publications. She works at Case Western Reserve University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJasmine Kar Tang\u003c\/b\u003e hopes to enact administrative practices that are built on consent, love, and equity. Her research has been published in \u003ci\u003ePraxis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Writing Center Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals and edited collections. She works at Minneapolis College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67913706701048,"sku":"9781646428793","price":48.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/z5ZR5TBRc89781646428793.webp?v=1793433079","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-reluctant-supervisor-recognizing-and-rethinking-power-in-writing-center-supervisory-practices-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}