Description: Based on a mixed methods study of students' writing in a first-year-writing course themed around racial identities and language varieties at St. John's University, Mapping Racial Literacies shows college student writing that directly confronts lived experiences of segregation--and, overwhelmingly, of resegregation.
Review Quotes: "Mapping Racial Literacies is a thoughtful contribution to writing and race studies as it not only gives readers a look into what scholarship about teaching looks like, but it also helps bring out how important it is to connect racial literacy to language. . . . ...It's a must read for graduate students, faculty, and any person who is interested in the work of antiracism."
--Teachers College Record
--CHOICE "Bell's text not only demonstrates the importance of lower division courses aiming for greater importance in students' lives, but also the idea that lower division courses, such as FYW, can better assist students in understanding their place in the world and the university itself."
--Community Literacy Journal