Book Reviews
- A Review of Changing the Subject: A Theory of Rhetorical Empathy, by Lisa Blankenship. (2019). Utah State University Press. 170 pages. [ISBN 978-1-60732-909-1 / 978-1-60732-910-7]
- Gabriella Wilson, Syracuse University
- A Review of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 4, by Dana Driscoll, Megan Heise, Mary Stewart, & Matthew Vetter. (2019). Parlor Press/The WAC Clearinghouse. 343 pages. [ISBN 978-1-64317-270-5 / 978-1-64317-271-2 / 978-1-64317-272-9]
- Analeigh E. Horton, University of Arizona
- A Review of Literacy as Conversation: Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities, by Eli Goldblatt & David A. Joliffe. (2020). University of Pittsburgh Press. 228 pages. [ISBN 978-0-82294-624-3]
- Angel Evans, The Ohio State University
- A Review of Transient Literacies in Action: Composing with the Mobile Surround, by Stacey Pigg. (2019). The WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado. 180 pages. [ISBN 978-1-64215-101-5 / 978-1-64215-102-2 / 978-1-64642-144-2]
- Morgan D. Beers, The Ohio State University
- A Review of Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document that Changes Everything, by William Germano and Kit Nicholls. (2020). Princeton University Press. 232 pgs. [ISBN 978-0-69119-220-8]
- Andrea Williams, University of Toronto
- A Review of Writing Assessment, Social Justice, and the Advancement of Opportunity, edited by Mya Poe, Asao B. Inoue, and Norbert Elliot. (2018). The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. 438 pgs. [ISBN 978-1-64215-015-5]
- Matthew Sautman, Alton High School/Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- A Review of Institutional Ethnography: A Theory of Practice for Writing Studies Researchers, by Michelle LaFrance. (2019). University Press of Colorado. 146 pgs. [ISBN 978-1-60732-866-7]
- Emma Lee Guthrie, Bowling Green State University
- A Review of Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing, by Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, and Jan Rieman. (2019). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. 293 pgs. [ISBN 978-1607328414]
- Alissa Winn, University of South Carolina, Columbia
- A Review of Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing, by Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, and Jan Rieman. (2019). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. 293 pgs. [ISBN 978-1607328414]
- Alissa Winn, University of South Carolina, Columbia
- A Review of Two Edited Collections on Student Writing Transfer: Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer, Edited by Chris M. Anson and Jessie L. Moore, 2017. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse, Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. [370 pages. ISBN 978-1-60732-647-2.]; and Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education, Edited by Jessie L. Moore and Randall Bass, 2017. Sterling, VA: Stylus. [ISBN 978-1-62036-585-4. 165 pages, including index.]
- Lacey Wootton, American University
- A Review of Sojourning in Disciplinary Cultures: A Case Study of Teaching Writing in Engineering, Edited by Maureen A. Mathison, 2019. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [ISBN 978-1607328025. 226 pages, including index.]
- Adam Padgett, University of South Carolina
- A Review of Sustainable WAC: A Whole Systems Approach to Launching and Developing Writing Across the Curriculum Programs, Michelle Cox, Jeffrey R. Galin, and Dan Melzer, 2018. Urbana, Illinois: NCTE. [ISBN 9780814149522. 272 pages.]
- Jill Parrott, Eastern Kentucky University
- A Review of Leading Academic Change: Vision, Strategy, Transformation, Elaine P. Maimon. (2018). Sterling, Virginia: Stylus. [ISBN 9781620365670. 180 pages.]
- Caitlin Martin, Miami University
- A Review of Faculty Development and Student Learning: Assessing the Connections, William Condon, Ellen R. Iverson, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol Rutz, and Gudrun Willett, 2016. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP. [ISBN 978-0-253-01878-6. 156 pgs, including index. $50.00 USD (hardcover).]
- Darci L. Thoune, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- A Review of The Forgotten Tribe: Scientists as Writers, Lisa Emerson, 2016. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse [ISBN 978-16-07326-44-1 https://wacclearinghouse.org/books/perspectives/emerson/. 243 pages, including index (eBook).] Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, [ISBN 978-1607326434. 243 pages, including index (softcover).]
- Justin Nicholes, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- A Review of Conceding Composition: A Crooked History of Composition’s Institutional Fortunes, Ryan Skinnell, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State UP. [ISBN 978-1-60732-504-8. 188 pages, including index (soft cover)].
- Melissa Nicolas, University of California, Merced
- A Review of Composition in the Age of Austerity, Nancy Welch and Tony Scott, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [ISBN 978-1-60732-444-7. 235 pages, including index. $27.95 USD (soft cover).]
- Leslie R. Anglesey, University of Nevada, Reno
- A Review of Microhistories of Composition, Bruce McComiskey, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, [ISBN 978-1-60732-404-1. 336 pages. (soft cover).]
- Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, Northern Virginia Community College
- A Review of Ecologies of Writing Programs: Program Profiles in Context, Mary Jo Reiff, Anis Bawarshi, Michelle Ballif, and Christian Weisser, 2015. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press. [ISBN 978-1-60235-512-5. 406 pages, including index. (hardcover).]
- Marissa C. McKinley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- A Review of The MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition, Modern Language Association of America, 2016. New York, NY: Modern Language Association of America. [ISBN 1603292624. 160 pages. $12.00 USD (soft cover).]
- Thomas Polk, George Mason University
- A Review of Reconnecting Reading and Writing, Edited by Alice S. Horning and Elizabeth W. Kraemer, 2013. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press. [ISBN 978-1-60235-459-3. 325 pages, including index. $32.00 USD (soft cover).]
- Nancy A. Benson, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
- A Review of WAC and Second Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices, Terry Zawacki and Michelle Cox, 2014. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, [ISBN 978-1-60235-504-0. 482 pages, including index. (hardcover).]
- Alisa Russell, George Mason University
- A Review of Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT, Mya Poe, Neal Lerner, and Jennifer Craig, 2010. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, [ISBN 978-0-262-16247-0. 256 pages, including index. (hardcover).] Foreword by James Paradis.
- Martha Patton, University of Missouri
- A Review of College Writing and Beyond: A New Framework for University Writing Instruction, Anne Beaufort, 2007. Logan, UT: Utah State UP. [ISBN 978-0-87421-659-2. 242 pages, including index. $24.95 USD (softcover).]
- Dana Lynn Driscoll, Purdue University
- The Ongoing Legacy of Wendy Bishop Is In Our Stories: a Review of The Subject is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers, Edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom
- Will Hochman, Southern Connecticut State University
Conference Reviews
- 2006 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL
- Reviews Editors: Christopher Dean, Jonathan Alexander, Fred Siegel, and Will Hochman
- 2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA
- Reviews Editors: Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Christopher Dean
- 2004 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX
- Reviews Editors: Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Christopher Dean
- Bright Future: A Review of the Sixth National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference (2002), Rice University
- by Dan Melzer
- 2002 Conference on College Composition and Communication: Street Wise Because Teachers Have to Keep Learning: It’s the Only Truth in our Truth Seeking that Ultimately Sustains Us
- by Jonathan Alexander, Christopher Dean, Will Hochman, Brad Lucas, Carol Rutz, and Stephanie Vanderslice
- 2001 Conference on College Composition and Communication
- by Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, Christine Hult, and Ilene Crawford
- 2000 Modern Language Association Conference: “Is it words … just words?” No Shortage of Word Power
- by Will Hochman
- 2000 Conference on College Composition and Communication
- by Will Hochman and Diane Masiello
- 2000 Computers and Writing Conference
- by Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Diane Masiello
- 1999 Modern Language Association Conference: Once Is Not Enough?
- by Will Hochman
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