W.E.L.L Group

Writing, Education, Love & Liberation (WELL) Group Flyer with an image of graduate students, books, and a bull horn. QR with information about groups meetings.
 
The Writing Education, Love, and Liberation (WELL) Group is a graduate student collective committed to creating a space that welcomes critical dialogue and reflexivity that evaluates, challenges, and transforms oppressive teaching practices.
 
We recognize that the current systems of traditional writing education oppress and further marginalize students of color, multilingual writers, and other minoritized groups. We are dedicated to moving beyond equitable practices by pushing toward liberation, thereby empowering marginalized students to thrive within the existing system of knowledge and dismantle structures/systems of power that have ceased to support the majority of the current student population.
 
We meet bi-weekly every quarter to:
  1. Build a community where we can look at, understand, and evaluate writing program materials and community statements around social justice topics (e.g. the CCCC’s statements on multilingual writers, Black linguistic justice, citational justice, etc.).
  2. Be in critical dialogue with each other in an equitable manner that respects diverse viewpoints.
  3. Strengthen our knowledge of writing research, terminology, and research-based arguments.
  4. Provide support and solidarity to each other as we navigate the writing studies space.
  5. Work towards linguistic justice and holistic expression of our and our students’ authentic selves and multiple identities in writing.
  6. Develop a stronger, more just syllabus/curriculum/teaching practices.
  7. Provide a reflexive space for graduate students interested in social justice topics to prepare for conferences, qualifying exams, and their dissertation defense.
     

Fall Quarter 2025 Events

Bowling Party
Come meet the WELL Committee, bowl with us, and have some pizza!
October 31, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:00 PM
MU Games Areas Bowling Alley
 
Citational Justice Workshop
Learn more about citational justice and how to teach/implement it in our work.
November 7, 2025 - 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Teaching and Learning Center
Writing Center Events Space
 
Writing in Community
Chat and take some time to work on your writing in community. Opportunities to share your work available!
November 21, 2025 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Hybrid: Walker Hall and via Zoom
 

WELL Group Officers:

Anna Carolina Peñaloza (PhD Candidate in Education, Language, Literacy, and Culture, WRaCS)
Sanjana Dhamankar (PhD Student in Education, Science and Agricultural Education, WRaCS)
Sasha Osorio (PhD Student in Education, Language, Literacy, and Culture, WRaCS)
Ana Castellon (PhD Student in Education,  Language, Literacy, and Culture, WRaCS)
Casey Manogue (PhD Student in Education,  Language, Literacy, and Culture, WRaCS)
 
Instagram: @wellgroupatucdavis