Contributors and Essay Titles
- "Below the Surface: A True-to-Life Course in Editorial Practice" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Chris Anson)
- "What We Teach When We Teach the Postcolonial" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Deepika Bahri)
- "Writing About Race and Ethnicity" describes an elective course in public writing. (Valerie Balester)
- "Literacy and Technology" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Dennis Baron)
- "Seeking the Good: A Course in Advanced Argument" describes a core course in public writing. (John C. Bean)
- "Rhetorical Theory: Major Figures in the Aristotelian Tradition" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (David Beard, with Walter E. Walzer)
- "Writing as a Means of Social Change" essay describes an elective course in public writing. (Patricia Bizzell)
- "Advancing Composition" provides an historical overview of and identifies problems with the "Advanced Composition" course. (Lynn Z. Bloom)
- "Feathering Our Nest? A Critical View from Within Our Discipline" provides a counterpoint to the movement for an advanced writing curriculum. (Richard Bullock)
- "Taking the Rhetorical Turn in Advanced Creative Writing" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Mary Ann Cain, with George Kalamaras)
- "Needs, Numbers, and the Creation of a Writing Major" is about implementing an advanced writing program. (Theresa Conefrey)
- Robert J. Connors contributes an afterward to the edition.
- "The History of Rhetoric" describes a core course in public writing. (Richard Leo Enos)
- "Advancing Writing at GMU: Responding to Community Needs, Encouraging Faculty Interests" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (Ruth Overman Fischer, with Christopher Thaiss)
- "Teaching Writing Like a Lawyer" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Richard Fulkerson)
- "Cultural Studies: The Rhetoric of Everyday Texts" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (Diana George)
- "Civic Literacy and Service Learning" describes an elective course in public writing. (Bruce Herzberg)
- "Constructive Communication: Community-Engagement Writing" describes an elective course in public writing. (H. Brooke Hessler)
- "Style, Race, Culture, Context" describes a core course in the profession of writing. (Rebecca Moore Howard)
- "Theories of Composing" describes a core course in the discipline of writing studies. (Sandra Jamieson)
- "Computers and Communication" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Johndan Johnson-Eilola)
- "Developing a Professional and Technical Writing Major That Integrates Composition Theory, Literacy Theory, and Cultural Studies" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (Donald C. Jones, with Kathleen McCormick)
- "Taking the Rhetorical Turn in Advanced Creative Writing" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (George Kalamaras, with Mary Ann Cain)
- The Rhetoric of Gender as Advanced Writing" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Mary R. Lamb)
- "Technical Communication" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Mary M. Lay)
- "Writing for and About Business and Nonprofit Organizations" describes an elective course in public writing. (Kitty O. Locker)
- "Histories of Writing and Contemporary Authorship" describes a core course in the discipline of Writing Studies. (Andrea Lunsford)
- "Developing a Professional and Technical Writing Major That Integrates Composition Theory, Literacy Theory, and Cultural Studies" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (Kathleen McCormick, with Donald C. Jones)
- "Working in the Publishing Industries" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (Libby Miles)
- "Rhetoric Within and Without Composition: Remiagining the Civic" discusses the need for composition to expand beyond first year composition and return to our "civic" roots. (Thomas P. Miller)
- "From Profession to Discipline: The Politics of Establishing a Writing Concentration" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (John Ramage)
- "Getting Approval" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (David E. Schwalm)
- "Curriculum Devleopment in Composition" discusses the potential for an expanded advanced writing curriculum. (Robert A. Schwegler)
- "The Academic Effacement of a Career: 'Writer'" argues for the need of an advanced undergraduate writing curriculum. (Linda K. Shamoon)
- "Discourse Studies" describes a core course in the discipline of writing studies. (Gail Stygall)
- "Advancing Writing at GMU: Responding to Community Needs, Encouraging Faculty Interests" discusses implementing an Advanced Writing Program. (Christopher J. Thaiss, with Ruth Overman Fischer)
- "The Theory of Visual Design" describes a core course in professional writing. (John Trimbur)
- "Writing About X: The Arts" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Joseph F. Trimmer)
- "Political Rhetoric and the Media" describes an elective course in public writing. (Beverly Wall)
- "Rhetorical Theory: Major Figures in the Aristotelian Tradition" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Arthur E. Walzer, with David Beard)
- "Contrastive Rhetoric/Comparative Rhetoric" describes a core course in public writing. (Yameng Liu)
- "More Than a Matter of Form: Genre and Writing" describes a core course in professional writing. (Kathleen Blake Yancey)
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