Abstracts
Abstract
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.
Keywords:
- inequity,
- nontraditional,
- genre,
- academic writing,
- COVID-19,
- higher education
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