CCS Writing & Literature Faculty Michelle Petty Awarded 2025 CCCC Richard Braddock Award
Co-authored article recognized for real-world impact on Black linguistic justice in the classroom
The College of Creative Studies (CCS) is pleased to announce that CCS Writing & Literature Faculty Michelle Petty has received the prestigious 2025 Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) Richard Braddock Award for her co-authored article, “Black Linguistic Justice from Theory to Practice,” published in the June 2024 issue of "College Composition and Communication". This work explores the development of Students' Right to Their Own Writing (SRTOW), an accessible platform for advancing Black linguistic justice in writing pedagogy.
The award, granted each year since 1975 by the CCCC—an association within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)—is presented to the author of the most outstanding article on writing or the teaching of writing in the journal "College Composition and Communication".
The piece was recognized for its scholarly depth, potential for practical application, and commitment to empowering student writers and educators alike, with the committee noted. “Because this piece offers such a user-friendly and hands-on platform to guide teachers of writing to productively engage Black linguistic justice in the classroom, it is bound to have a significant impact.”
Additionally, the CCCC selection committee highlighted the article’s unique approach to combining theoretical work with real-world examples, stating, “[This work] models how writing instructors can live out their commitment to helping students make informed choices in their writing, how writing researchers can meaningfully collaborate with a range of constituents, and how researchers can keep the student populations they hope to benefit at the heart of their work by including them as co-researchers.”
Michelle Petty, along with her co-authors Hannah Franz, Angela Rowell, Marie Tano, Sierra J. Johnson, and Anne Charity Hudley, will be honored at the 2025 CCCC Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2025. Read the full press release. For more information on the CCCC Richard Braddock Award, visit CCCC Awards.
Read more about this accomplishment in The Current article, February 20, 2025.
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Congratulations to Dr. Michelle Petty and her collaborators on this significant achievement!