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2018
Volume 72, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0010-096X
  • E-ISSN: 1939-9006

Abstract

This essay argues for a redefinition of disciplinary activity and examines disciplinary identity development beyond traditional academic/nonacademic binaries. Through analysis of interviews with twenty-seven retired members of rhetoric, composition, and writing studies, this essay provides a closer look at retirement as an active but overlooked phase of the disciplinary lifecycle.

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