New: Publication of WPA: Writing Program Administration 46.2

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Dear CWPA Members,

We are very pleased to announce the publication of WPA:Writing Program Administration 46.2. The issue includes the first of what we anticipate will be many “Everything is Praxis” (EIP) articles. EIP pieces are 3,000-5,000 words and focus on application (case studies, reflections, etc.) that is situated in current concerns and conversations in the field. For more information about “Everything is Praxis,” see our “Information for Authors” page. We hope you enjoy the inaugural “Everything is Praxis” pieces!

The contents of 46.2 are:

Everything is Praxis

  • "Pedagogical Alliances among Writing Instructors and Teaching Librarians through a Writing Information Literacy Community of Practice," by Zoe McDonald and Deborah Minter
  • "Recovering the Narrative of a Failed Media Studio," by K. Shannon Howard and Clayton A. Sims

Essays

  • "WPAing as a Postpedagogical Practice," by Jeremy Cushman
  • "The Adoption of Contract Grading in a University Writing Program: Navigating Disruptions to Assessment Ecologies," by Sarah Faye, Erika I-Tremblay, Dan Melzer, DJ Quinn, and Lisa Sperber

Reviews

  • "Review of Standing at the Threshold: Working Through Liminality in the Composition and Rhetoric TAship," by Gabriella Wilson
  • "Review of Writing Across Difference: Theory and Intervention," by Michelle Tram Nguyen
  • "What Do New Writing Teachers Need to Know?: A Review of Teaching Mindful Writers," by Kathleen Lyons

You can find the latest issue at the top of the journal archives. As with most issues, you will need to be logged in as a CWPA member in order to access the PDFs.

Happy reading!

-Tracy Ann Morse, Patti Poblete, Wendy Sharer, and Kelly Moreland, your WPA: Writing Program Administration Editorial Team