New Special Issue of Across the Disciplines:
Contemplative Writing Across the Disciplines

Across the Disciplines has published Volume 16, Issue 1 as a special issue on contemplative writing. 

“Contemplative Writing Across the Disciplines,” guest edited by Marlowe Miller and Karolyn Kinane, is available on the home page of Across the Disciplines. The issue includes the following articles: 

Contemplative Writing Across the Disciplines
Marlowe Miller, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Karolyn Kinane, University of Virginia

The Place of Practice in Contemplative Pedagogy and Writing
Karolyn Kinane, University of Virginia

Building a Contemplative Research Writing Course: Theoretical Considerations, Practical Components, Challenges, and Adaptability
Nadia Francine Zamin, Fairfield University

Using Mindfulness as a Heuristic for Writing Evaluation: Transforming Pedagogy and Quality of Experience 
Jennifer Consilio and Sheila M. Kennedy, Lewis University

Writing Into Awareness: How Metacognitive Awareness Can Be Encouraged Through Contemplative Teaching Practices
Kate Chaterdon, Marist College

Contemplation as Kairotic Composure
Kurt Stavenhagen, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Timothy R. Dougherty, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Across the Disciplines, a refereed journal devoted to language, learning, and academic writing, publishes articles relevant to writing and writing pedagogy in all their intellectual, political, social, and technological complexity. Across the Disciplines shares the mission of the WAC Clearinghouse in making information about writing and writing instruction freely available to members of the CAC, WAC, and ECAC communities.