Plagiarism Reframe for Faculty

Politics of Citation

• Refuse Neutrality
  • reframe lessons on plagiarism to emphasize the importance of proper credit and how this act empowers underrepresented scholars
• Expose Disparity
  • Ask students to critically appraise how citation practices reinforce inequalities within the scholarly community
• Challenge the Cannon
  • When we cite someone, we magnify their voice.  When we plagiarize, we erase their rightful place in the academy
  • Who do we continue to erase?
• Education-Driven Instruction
  • Teach why attribution exists
  • Allow students to form opinions around citation
• Emphasis on Labor Rights
  • Scholars are not paid for their work by publishers
  • Publishing is often a condition for tenure and promotion
  • Journals are paid for scholars' works
• Interrogation of Power
  • Empower students in their decision-making, writing, and scholarship
  • "Once we know it, we can choose to discard it or use it, but you can't know if it has useful or destructive power until you have a handle on it." ~Audre Lorde "An interview: Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich" from Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
    • The quote refers to grammar, but has wider application
• Developing a Voice
  • After reading several articles, it can be hard to recognize your own voice
  • Citations support an argument
  • Citations indicate a well-informed writer