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Identity Narrative Assignment: How Writing About Students’ Identities Shapes Their Writerly Voice

by Jainab Tabassum Banu | Xchanges 19.1, Spring 2025


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Contents

Introduction

Literature Review: Voice, Identity, and Assignment Design

How I Proceed with the Assignment

My Observation & The Success Story

Concluding Thoughts

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Works Cited

About the Author

About the Author

Jainab Tabassum Banu (she/her) a PhD candidate and graduate teaching assistant in the Department of English at North Dakota State University, with experience in tertiary-level teaching, research, and writing. She is a multidimensional scholar with a primary focus on feminist disability studies and life writing. Complementing this, she has a strong secondary focus on AI and writing instruction, where she examines how emerging technologies shape and enhance equitable pedagogical practices. As a bilingual writer, researcher, columnist and poet, she contributes to sociocultural and educational conversations through various platforms. Her teaching philosophy centers on using rhetorical expertise to empower students and bridge the gap between expert and non-expert communities.

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Posted by nicole_oconnell on Apr 17, 2025 in Issue 19.1

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