In this article we argue that mobile, design, content, and social media technologies have fundamentally redefined the role of the writer in the workplace. Rather than the originator of content, the writer is becoming a sort of multimodal editor who revises, redesigns, remediates, and upcycles content into new forms, for new audiences, purposes,…

Motivated by a fear that she may have plagiarized, the author considers the possibility that plagiarism might be understood as a transgression against reading as well as against writing. Drawing on Philip Eubanks's work in "Metaphor and Writing," the article proposes that one reason for composition studies' ambivalent relationship to…

Against the limitations English monolingualism imposes on composition scholarship, as evident in journal submission requirements, frequency of references to non-English medium writing, bibliographical resources, and their own past work, the authors argue for adopting a translingual approach to languages, disciplines, localities, and research…

The phrase "academic bullshit" presents compositionists with a special dilemma. Because compositionists study, teach, and produce academic writing, they are open to the accusation that they both tolerate and perpetuate academic bullshit. We argue that confronting this problem must begin with a careful definition of "bullshit" and "academic…

Proposes that there have been fewer spokespersons and fewer articles published by writers who teach than expected given the strength of the social-constructionist marginalization and the dismissal of expressivists. Argues the need for a teacher of writing to also be a writer and considers many viewpoints of this argument. Suggests reflective…

Questions the use of the first-person "I" as a mode of expression by academic writers in scholarly journals. Describes the author's experience in this regard as editor of the journal "College English." Considers the editorial difficulties presented by various forms of first-person writing. (HB)

Revisits the few articles and notes written from a feminist perspective that appeared in "College Composition and Communication,""College English," and "English Journal" in the early 1970s. Focuses on feminist retrospective accounts--re-visions of composition written since the mid-1980s. Speculates on the positive and…

Notes that while faculty grumble about academic writing in a "publish or perish" atmosphere, many enjoy writing and its inherent discovery processes. Presents methods and suggestions that have helped the faculty/author publish numerous works on the writing process to invite others who publish to reveal their own craft. (HTH)

Presents a semester-long project in which English-as-a-Second-Language students produce a student newsletter. Argues that the project helps students discover the writing process, explore the world of publishing, and experience writing for a real audience. (RAE)

Describes the activity of soliciting material for and publishing a student-generated literary magazine. Demonstrates the ways in which the magazine was later used by various teachers for their class activities. Argues for the benefits of publishing student writing. (HB)

Shares experiences of a weekly writing workshop for faculty. Provides guidelines for presentation of papers and editorial help. (MS)

Provides annotated bibliographies of 98 journals which publish articles in composition, focusing on periodicals of interest to potential readers, subscribers, or submitters of manuscripts for publication. (MM)

Examines three articles written jointly by the same researchers and reporting the results of the same study in three different specialized journals. Points out the inadequacy of the current heuristic for analyzing audiences, and provides the basis for creating a different audience analysis heuristic based on rhetorical analysis of discourse. (HTH)

Describes a course in which students first research a magazine'' and then submit their writing for publication. (SP)

Describes how an assignment to teach technical writing at a community college shaped much of the author's professional life. Discusses the author's experiences in the late 1960s of preparing a text on technical writing for publication. Notes that community colleges are open door, accessible, affordable, and cost efficient. Suggests that community…