| Abstrakt: |
This essay argues that narratives of WPA work, read collectively, are restrictive and disciplining for graduate and junior WPAs who read these texts as they are beginning to form their own administrative identities. After examining the complicated lore that shapes WPA advice narratives, I argue that it is important for early career WPAs to resist and speak back to these texts, specifically those arguing against pre-tenure work, in order to create space for counternarratives that explore the liminal space(s) of administrative positions that fall outside the traditional senior WPA role. Offering counter-narratives not only supports early career WPAs as they shape their professional identities, but it also invites new ways of understanding the nature of WPA work for all WPAs, regardless of rank or experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
