Contributors and Essay Titles

  1. "Below the Surface: A True-to-Life Course in Editorial Practice" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Chris Anson)
  2. "What We Teach When We Teach the Postcolonial" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Deepika Bahri)
  3. "Writing About Race and Ethnicity" describes an elective course in public writing. (Valerie Balester)
  4. "Literacy and Technology" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Dennis Baron)
  5. "Seeking the Good: A Course in Advanced Argument" describes a core course in public writing. (John C. Bean)
  6. "Rhetorical Theory: Major Figures in the Aristotelian Tradition" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (David Beard, with Walter E. Walzer)
  7. "Writing as a Means of Social Change" essay describes an elective course in public writing. (Patricia Bizzell)
  8. "Advancing Composition" provides an historical overview of and identifies problems with the "Advanced Composition" course. (Lynn Z. Bloom)
  9. "Feathering Our Nest? A Critical View from Within Our Discipline" provides a counterpoint to the movement for an advanced writing curriculum. (Richard Bullock)
  10. "Taking the Rhetorical Turn in Advanced Creative Writing" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Mary Ann Cain, with George Kalamaras)
  11. "Needs, Numbers, and the Creation of a Writing Major" is about implementing an advanced writing program. (Theresa Conefrey)
  12. Robert J. Connors contributes an afterward to the edition.
  13. "The History of Rhetoric" describes a core course in public writing. (Richard Leo Enos)
  14. "Advancing Writing at GMU: Responding to Community Needs, Encouraging Faculty Interests"  discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (Ruth Overman Fischer, with Christopher Thaiss)
  15. "Teaching Writing Like a Lawyer" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Richard Fulkerson)
  16. "Cultural Studies: The Rhetoric of Everyday Texts" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (Diana George)
  17. "Civic Literacy and Service Learning" describes an elective course in public writing. (Bruce Herzberg)
  18. "Constructive Communication: Community-Engagement Writing" describes an elective course in public writing. (H. Brooke Hessler)
  19. "Style, Race, Culture, Context" describes a core course in the profession of writing. (Rebecca Moore Howard)
  20. "Theories of Composing" describes a core course in the discipline of writing studies. (Sandra Jamieson)
  21. "Computers and Communication" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Johndan Johnson-Eilola)
  22. "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)
  23. "Taking the Rhetorical Turn in Advanced Creative Writing" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (George Kalamaras, with Mary Ann Cain)
  24. The Rhetoric of Gender as Advanced Writing"  describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Mary R. Lamb)
  25. "Technical Communication" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Mary M. Lay)
  26. "Writing for and About Business and Nonprofit Organizations" describes an elective course in public writing. (Kitty O. Locker)
  27. "Histories of Writing and Contemporary Authorship" describes a core course in the discipline of Writing Studies. (Andrea Lunsford)
  28. "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)
  29. "Working in the Publishing Industries" describes an elective course in the profession of writing. (Libby Miles)
  30. "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)
  31. "From Profession to Discipline: The Politics of Establishing a Writing Concentration" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (John Ramage)
  32. "Getting Approval" discusses implementing an advanced writing program. (David E. Schwalm)
  33. "Curriculum Devleopment in Composition" discusses the potential for an expanded advanced writing curriculum. (Robert A. Schwegler)
  34. "The Academic Effacement of a Career: 'Writer'" argues for the need of an advanced undergraduate writing curriculum. (Linda K. Shamoon)
  35. "Discourse Studies" describes a core course in the discipline of writing studies. (Gail Stygall)
  36. "Advancing Writing at GMU: Responding to Community Needs, Encouraging Faculty Interests"  discusses implementing an Advanced Writing Program. (Christopher J. Thaiss, with Ruth Overman Fischer)
  37. "The Theory of Visual Design" describes a core course in professional writing. (John Trimbur)
  38. "Writing About X: The Arts" describes an elective course in professional writing. (Joseph F. Trimmer)
  39. "Political Rhetoric and the Media" describes an elective course in public writing. (Beverly Wall)
  40. "Rhetorical Theory: Major Figures in the Aristotelian Tradition" describes an elective course in the discipline of writing studies. (Arthur E. Walzer, with David Beard)
  41. "Contrastive Rhetoric/Comparative Rhetoric" describes a core course in public writing. (Yameng Liu)
  42. "More Than a Matter of Form: Genre and Writing" describes a core course in professional writing. (Kathleen Blake Yancey)


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