David Bartholomae’s widely read pedagogical text “Inventing the University” has influenced the teaching of college composition for nearly four decades. In his article, Bartholomae suggests that writers build bridges through commonplace with language. While the article considers how novice writers construct texts for the university, this frame serves as a lens to consider how graduate students move from the role of student to teacher and “(re)invent” their positionality through their identities in first-year composition. This panel highlights GTAs and their praxis in teaching college writing for the first time.
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