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Leading with the provocative observation that writing programs
administration lacks "an established set of texts that provides a
baseline of shared knowledge . . . in which to root our ongoing
conversations and with which to welcome newcomers," Landmark Essays
on Writing Program Administration focuses on WPA identity to
propose one such grouping of texts. This Landmark volume is the
cornerstone resource for new Writing Program Administrators and
graduate students seeking an ever-important overview of the
literature on Writing Program Administration. Drawing broadly
across scholarship in writing programs and writing centers, Ritter
and Ianetta work to historicize, theorize, and problematize the
ever-shifting answers offered to the question: Who-or what-is a
WPA?
Leading with the provocative observation that writing programs
administration lacks "an established set of texts that provides a
baseline of shared knowledge . . . in which to root our ongoing
conversations and with which to welcome newcomers," Landmark Essays
on Writing Program Administration focuses on WPA identity to
propose one such grouping of texts. This Landmark volume is the
cornerstone resource for new Writing Program Administrators and
graduate students seeking an ever-important overview of the
literature on Writing Program Administration. Drawing broadly
across scholarship in writing programs and writing centers, Ritter
and Ianetta work to historicize, theorize, and problematize the
ever-shifting answers offered to the question: Who-or what-is a
WPA?
Distinctive Features * Includes scholarship authored by
undergraduate tutor-researchers * Provides extensive references to
and bibliographic citations of the scholarship of the field *
Offers references to research that supports and challenges
disciplinary common knowledge * Contains assignments designed to
support discussion, writing, and inquiry
In "Silence and Listening as Rhetorical Arts," " "editors Cheryl
Glenn and Krista Ratcliffe bring together seventeen essays by new
and established scholars that demonstrate the value and importance
of silence and listening to the study and practice of rhetoric.
Building on the editors' groundbreaking research, which respects
the power of the spoken word while challenging the marginalized
status of silence and listening, this volume" "makes a strong case
for placing these overlooked concepts, and their intersections, at
the forefront of rhetorical arts within rhetoric and composition
studies. Divided into three parts--History, Theory and Criticism,
and Praxes--this book reimagines traditional histories and theories
of rhetoric and incorporates contemporary interests, such as race,
gender, and cross-cultural concerns, into scholarly conversations
about rhetorical history, theory, criticism, and praxes. For the
editors and the other contributors to this volume, silence is not
simply the absence of sound and listening is not a passive act.
When used strategically and with purpose--together and
separately--silence and listening are powerful rhetorical devices
integral to effective communication. The essays cover a wide range
of subjects, including women rhetors from ancient Greece and
medieval and Renaissance Europe; African philosophy and African
American rhetoric; contemporary antiwar protests in the United
States; activist conflict resolution in Israel and Palestine; and
feminist and second-language pedagogies. Taken together, the essays
in this volume advance the argument that silence and listening are
as important to rhetoric and composition studies as the more
traditionally emphasized arts of reading, writing, and speaking and
are particularly effective for theorizing, historicizing,
analyzing, and teaching. An extremely valuable resource for
instructors and students in rhetoric, composition, and
communication studies, "Silence and Listening as Rhetorical Arts"
will also have applications beyond academia, helping individuals,
cultural groups, and nations more productively discern and
implement appropriate actions when all parties agree to engage in
rhetorical situations that include not only respectful speaking,
reading, and writing but also productive silence and rhetorical
listening.
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