Chapter 3 “One Foot on the Bridge and One Foot off the Bridge”

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. A Family Testimonio en Confianza 13
7. Developmental English and Bridge Programs
8. Translingualism and ALP 19
9. Developmental Instructors in the Contact Zone 37
10. “One Foot on the Bridge and One Foot off the Bridge” 53
11. Finding Anzaldúa 69
12. First-Year Writing
13. Rhetorical Tools in Chicanx Thought 77
14. Familismo Teaching 105
15. Teaching with Bordered Writers 125
16. Inhabiting the Border 147
17. Professional and Technical Writing
18. Hispanic-Serving Institution as Programmatic Invention 157
19. Teaching Technical Communication on the México/U.S. Border 175
20. English, Español, or Los Dos 189
21. Writing Centers and Mentored Writing
22. On Longing and Belonging 195
23. Mentored Writing at a Hispanic-Serving Institution 213
24. The Invisibility of a Lack of Privilege and the Homelessness of a First-Generation Latina Student in Higher Education 231
25. Contributors 235
26. Index 241