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The Writing Instructor is a blind, peer-reviewed journal, publishing in print since 1981 and on the Internet since June, 2001. Its distinguished editorial board consists of over 150 scholars- teachers- writers representing over 75 universities, community colleges, and K-12 schools. For more information about acceptance rates, the peer-review process, guidelines for review committees, and the editorial board, please read our Editorial FAQs or write us.

Special Issue: Disruptions of/in Professional Writing Pedagogy (May 2010)

Author(s): 

Jennifer Bay and Patricia Sullivan

Publication History: 
The Writing Instructor, May 2010

Introduction: Disruptions of/in Professional Writing Pedagogy
Jennifer Bay

New Teams

Encouraging Civic Engagement through Extended Writing Projects: Rewriting the Curriculum
Michele Simmons, Miami University of Ohio

Hidden Disruptions: Technology and Technological Literacy as Influences on Professional Writing Student Teams
Lisa McGrady, Palm Beach Atlantic University

Using Simulation to Teach Project Management in the Professional Writing Classroom
Tim Krause, University of Wisconsin-Stout

New Contents

Disruptive Technology: What is it? How can it work for Professional Writing?
Mary Godwin, Purdue University

Music@Microsoft.Windows: Composing Ambience
Thomas Rickert, Purdue University

Provenance: 

Citation Format: Jennifer Bay and Patricia Sullivan The Writing Instructor. May 2010. http://www.writinginstructor.com/pwdisruptions (Date Accessed).

Editorial Review Process: These articles accepted for publication following blind, peer review.

Production: Production on this issue was completed as part of The Future of the Book Workshop (Computers and Writing, Purdue, May 2010). Contributors: Casey Boyle, Justin Hodgson, Craig Hulst, Tim Laquintano, Charles Lowe, Richard Parent, Shirley Rose, Jessica Schreyer, Ryan Trauman, Ashley Watson, Chris Werry, Chris Weyandt, Terra Williams, David Blakesley, Jennifer Bay, Patricia Sullivan

The Politics of Peer Response

Author(s): 

Mark Hall

Publication History: 
The Writing Instructor, July 2009

“[T]echnical things have political qualities. [. . . M]achines, structures, and systems of modern material culture can be accurately judged not only for their contributions of efficiency and productivity, not merely for their positive and negative environmental side effects, but also for the ways in which they can embody specific forms of power and authority.”

Langdon Winner, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?”

Provenance: 

Citation Format: Hall, Mark. "The Politics of Peer Response." The Writing Instructor. 2009. http://www.writinginstructor.com/hall (Date Accessed).

Review Process: Mark Hall's essay was accepted for publication following blind, peer review.

Special Issue: Writing and Science (September 2007)

Author(s): 

David Tietge

Publication History: 
The Writing Instructor, September 2007

Writing and Science Special Themed Issue

Introduction
David Tietge, Monmouth University

Computers in the Classroom? A Critique of the Digital Computer as A Metaphor for Mind
Keith Gibson, Auburn University

Composing Dialogues for Critical Thinking
David E. Goodney and Carol S. Long, Willamette University

Composing Nature
Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Purdue University
Kristi Stewart, University of New Mexico

Stasis Theory and Paleontology Discourse
Kathryn M. Northcut, University of Missouri-Rolla

Rhetoric of Science: Oxymoron or Tautology?
Cezar M. Ornatowski, San Diego State University

Provenance: 

Citation Format: Tietge, David. "Writing and Science." The Writing Instructor. 2007. http://www.writinginstructor.com/writingscience (Date Accessed).

Review Process: David Tietge's introduction was accepted for publication following review by TWI's editorial board.

Special Issue: Composition Studies, The Next Generation: Teaching and Mentoring New Composition Teachers

Author(s): 

Janet Alsup and Lisa Schade Eckert

Publication History: 
The Writing Instructor, September 2007

English Education Special Themed Issue

Introduction
Janet Alsup and Lisa Schade Eckert

Composition Studies/English Education Connections
W. Douglas Baker, Elizabeth Brockman, Jonathan Bush, and Kia Jane Richmond

Notes of a Humbled WPA: Dialogue with High School Colleagues
Tiane Donahue

'Belly Up to the Pond': Teaching Teachers Creative Nonfiction in an Online Class
Roy F. Fox and Amy A. Lannin

Building Triangles: Research and the Realization of Self in Making Sense
Mary Godwin

Training ESOL Instructors and Tutors for Online Conferencing
Beth L. Hewett and Robert Lynn

Muted Voices: High School Teachers, Composition, and the College Imperative
Joseph Jones

Creating Reflective Teacher-Practitioners in the Midst of Standards
Joan Mullin and Dorothy Cashell

Provenance: 

Citation Format: Alsup, Janet, and Lisa Schade Eckert. Composition Studies, The Next Generation: Teaching and Mentoring New Composition Teachers. English Education Thematic Issue. The Writing Instructor. 2007. http://www.writinginstructor.com/rest of URL (Date Accessed).