Examining Non-traditional Female Students' Access to
Writing Support as They Negotiate Life Transitions
Participants
Robert Mundy, Assistant Professor
Michael Turner, Writing Center Director
Alysa Hantgan, Instructor
Alexandra Franciosa, Undergrad.
Alexa Blanco, Undergrad.
Overall Goal
• Our research examines how writing
and writing identities interact with
support and with the very practical
and demanding aspects of attending
college as a non-traditional, female
student.
Specific Research Aims
• Understand how these women discuss their
experiences in returning to school and how
they discuss their support networks.
• Explore how support enables, disables,
conflicts with, and disrupts the circumstances
under which these students write and how they
understand writing.
