Rethinking the Structures of Academic Writing in the Times of Exacerbated Inequity: An Introduction
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https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.985Keywords:
inequity, nontraditional, genre, academic writing, COVID-19, higher educationAbstract
An introduction to the special issue for Rethinking the Structures of Academic Writing in the Times of Exacerbated Inequity. This paper presents a discussion of the inspiration for this special call for papers, an analysis of the genre presentation of the typical critical examination of problems emerging from social inequities, and a summary of each of the papers contained within the special issue.
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