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Language and Learning Across the Disciplines Archives
Language and Learning Across the Disciplines was published from 1994 to 2003. The mission of this peer-reviewed, academic journal was to provide a forum for debates concerning interdisciplinarity, situated discourse communities, and writing across the curriculum programs. The editorial staff, editorial review board, and submission guidelines for the journal can be found in the issues listed below, which are available in Adobe's Portable Document Format.
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Volume 1, Number 1: January 1994
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Girl Talk Tales, Causal Models, and the Dissertation: Exploring the Topical Contours of Context in Sociology Talk and Text by Paul Prior
- Literacy and Expertise in the Academy by Cheryl Geisler
- The Wonder of Writing Across the Curriculum by Art Young
- Coming to Grips with Theory: College Students' Use of Theoretical Explanation in Writing About History by Russel K. Durst
Volume 1, Number 2: October 1994
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Evaluating Training Workshops in a Writing Across the Curriculum Program: Method and Analysis by Ann Blakeslee, John R. Hayes, and Richard Young
- Resistance and Reform: The Function of Expertise in Writing Across the Curriculum by Daniel Mahala and Jody Swilky
- Introducing Students to Disciplinary Genres: The Role of the General Composition Course by Patricia Linton, Robert Madigan, and Susan Johnson
- Students and Professionals Writing Biology: Disciplinary Work and Apprentice Storytellers by Sharon Stockton
Volume 1, Number 3: August 1996
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Inquiry as a Non-Invasive Approach to Cross-Curricular Writing Consultancy by Mark L. Waldo
- When Nursing Students Write: Changing Attitudes by Ann Dobie and Gail Poirrier
- What's Love Got to Do with It? Scholarly Citation Practices as Courtship Rituals by Shirley K. Rose
- Beyond Mainstream: An Interdisciplinary Study of Music and the Written Word by David Bernstein and Tom Strychacz
- The Role of Written and Verbal Expression in Improving Communication Skills for Students in an Undergraduate Chemistry Program by Brian P. Coppola and Douglas S. Daniels
Volume 2, Number 1: April 1997
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Writing, Response, and Contexts of Production or, Why It Just Wouldn't Work to Write about Those Bratty Kids, by Kathryn A. Evans
- Putting — and Keeping — the Cornell Writing Program in Its Place: Writing in the Disciplines, by Katherine K. Gottschalk
- Writing in the Disciplines, First-Year Composition, and the Research Paper, by Brian Sutton
- Learning to Link Artifact and Value: The Arguments of Student Designers, by David Fleming
- Be Not Deceived: Looking at Historians' and Compositionists' Views of Multiculturalism in Freshman Composition Courses, by Shelley Baum-Brunner
- Program Descriptions Across the Curriculum
Volume 2, Number 2 - Special Issue on the History of WAC: September 1997
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Writing To Learn To Do: WAC, WAW, WAW — Wow!, by David R. Russell
- Good Writing Assignments = Good Thinking: A Proven WID Philosophy, by Roland Stout
- Writing to Learn and Journal Applications in the Introductory Astronomy Course, by Tom English
- The Odd Couples: Interdisciplinary Team Teaching, by Sue Dinitz, Jack Drake, Shirley Gedeon, Jean Kiedaisch, and Char Mehrtens
- When Consensus Fails: How Faculty Writing Seminars Limit the Possibility of Multiple Discourses in a College Community, by Jean Ketter and Judy Hunter
- Seven Promising Shifts and Seven Powerful Levers: Developing More Productive Learning (and Writing) Communities Across the Curriculum, by Thomas A. Angelo
- Writing Advisory Councils: Trading Expertise for Ethos in WAC, by Yvonne Merrill
- Back to the Future: Instructional Practices and Discourse Values, by Anne J. Herrington
Volume 2, Number 3: April 1998
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Students' Reasoning and Rhetorical Knowledge in First-Year Chemistry, by Linda Driskill, Karen Lewis, Jennie Stearns and Tracy Volz
- Writing Across the Curriculum in College Chemistry: A Practical Bibliography, by Bill Klein and Betsy M. Aller
- Writing Across the Disciplines in Agriculture, by Lee-Ann M. Kastman and Susan L. Booker
- Ending Composition as We Knew It, by Lex Runciman
- WAC and the First-Year Writing Course: Selling Ourselves Short, by David W. Chapman
- Gender Issues in Biology: An Approach to Teaching Writing, by Nadine Weidman
- F-Y Comp, F-Y Seminars, and WAC: A Response, by Beth Daniel
- Response to Criticism, by Nadine Weidman
- Listening Skills and Students' Learning in Large-Enrollment, Introductory Courses, by Pascal deCaprariis
- Book Reviews
Volume 3, Number 1: October 1998
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- (Re)Learning Gender Through Expressive Writing and Critical Reflection: Electronic Discussion Groups as Idea Mediators among Students, by Lyn Kathlene
- Writing to Learn, Assessing to Learn, by Judith Halden-Sullivan
- Student Perceptions of the Value of WAC, by Joan I. Hawthorne
- Dealing with Resistance to WAC in the Natural and Applied Sciences, by Martha D. Patton, Aaron Krawitz, Kay Libbus, Mark Ryan, and Martha A. Townsend
- The Brigham Young University Advanced Writing Program, by Kristine Hansen
Volume 3, Number 2: Special Issue - Communications Across the Engineering Curriculum: July 1999
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Guest Editor - Steven Youra
- Introduction: Four Carrots and a Stick, by Earl H. Dowell
- Addressing Multiple Goals for Engineering Writing: The Role of Course-Specific Websites, by Glenn J. Broadhead
- Negotiating Expertise in Disciplinary "Contact Zones", by Rolf Norgaard
- The Two Rhetorics: Design and Interpretation in Engineering and Humanistic Discourse, by Leslie C. Perelman
- Engineering Thinking: Using Benjamin Bloom and William Perry to Design Assignments, by Robert Irish
- Linking Communication and Software Design Courses for Professional Development in Computer Science, by W. J. Williamson and Philip H. Sweany
- Engineering Design and Communication: A Foundational Course for Freshmen, by Barbara Shwom, Penny Hirsch, Charles Yarnoff and John Anderson
- Writing vs. Content, Skills vs. Rhetoric: More and Less False Dichotomies, by Jeffrey A. Donnell, Joseph Petraglia-Bahri and Amanda C. Gable
- Cementing Writing: A Writing Partnership with Civil Engineering, by Pat McQueeney
- A Flexible Model for Assessing WAC Programs, by Barbara M. Olds, Jon A. Leydens and Ronald L. Miller
Volume 3, Number 3: January 2000
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- A New Heuristic for Planning WAC Programs: Ensuring Successful Collaboration from All Stakeholders, by Jay Carson, William Sipple, Mike Yahr, Thomas Marshall and John O'Banion
- Writing in Conservation Biology: Searching for an Interdisciplinary Rhetoric?, by Betty Samraj and John M. Swales
- Book Review by Mada Petranovich Morgan: Review of A Rhetoric for the Social Sciences: A Guide to Academic and Professional Communication, by Kristine Hansen
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- WAC Meets the Ethos of Engineering: Process, Collaboration, and Disciplinary Practices, by Linda S. Bergmann
- Does Writing Matter? Assessing the Impact of Daily Essay Quizzes in Enhancing Student Learning, by Patricia A. Connor-Greene and Janice W. Murdoch
- Listening to Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation and WAC, by Stephanie Vanderslice
- On Writing Instruction and a Short Game of Chess: Connecting Multiple Ways of Knowing and the Writing Process, by Mya Poe
- Learning the Language of Mathematics, by Robert E. Jamison
- Using a "Conference Model" to Teach Communication Skills in a Communication Across the Curriculum Program, by Joanna Tapper and Paul Gruba
- Faculty Collaboration on Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Assignments: Linking Teaching and Scholarship by Washburn University WAC Discussion Group
- Anchoring WAC by Focusing on Rhetorical Analysis in First-Year Composition, by Yvonne Merrill
Volume 4, Number 2: August 2000
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- WAC in the 90's: Changing Contexts and Challenges, by Betty Bamberg
- Gaining Grounds Revisited: Sustaining Tales of Development, by Lynne A Rhodes
- Examination Retakes in Accounting: Increasing Learning by Writing After the Exam, by Cynthia Bolt-Lee and Sheila D. Foster
- Evidence and Interpretation: Teachers' Reflections on Reading Writing in an Introductory Science Course, by Ezra Shahn and Robert K. Costello
Volume 4, Number 3 - Special Issue on Service Learning: October 2000
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Guest Editor, by Ellen Cushman
- Learning at the Edges: Challenges to the Sustainability of Service Learning in Higher Education, by Charles Underwood, Mara Welsh, Mary Gauvain, and Sharon Duffy
- Composing an Institutional Identity: The Terms of Community Service in Higher Education, by H. Brooke Hessler
- Drawing on the Local: Collaboration and Community Expertise, by Linda Flower and Shirley Brice Heath
- Ruptura: Acknowledging the Lost Subjects of the Service Learning Story, by Tracy Hamler Carrick, Margaret Himley, and Tobi Jacobi
- Program Descriptions
- Messages from Josefa: Service Learning in Mexico, by Gloria Clark
- The EdLinks University-School partnership: Preservice Teachers Reading and Writing with Adolescents Labeled "At Risk", by Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur and David Swingle
Volume 5, Number 1 - Special Issue on WAC and Nursing
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- Letter from the Guest Editors, by Gail Poirrier and Ann Dobie
- A History of WAC at a College of Pharmacy, by Neal Lerner
- The Workplace Meets the Academy: The Hybrid Literacy of Returning RNs in Journal Writing for Introduction to Theology, by Helen Collins Sitler
- Stories in the Nursing Classroom: Writing and Learning through Stories, by Jeanne Sorrell
- Responding in Writing to Clinical Cases: The Development of Clinical Reasoning in Nursing, by Melinda Granger Oberleitner
Volume 5, Number 2: September 2001
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- Writing, Religion, and the Complex Spiritual Site of Evolution, by Lynell Edwards
- Speaking in Tongues: Coordinating Multiliterate Work of Tutors and Students Across Disciplines, by Jason Swarts
- It's About the Science: Students Writing and Thinking About Data in a Scientific Writing Course, by J. Harrison Carpenter and Margie Krest
- A Critical Thinking/Discipline Specific Model for Teaching Writing through Service Learning, by Andrea Lewis and Kathryn Palmer
Volume 5, Number 3 - Special Issue on WAC in International Contexts: February 2002
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- From the Guest Editor: WAC in International Contexts: An Introduction, by Susan H. McLeod
- Global Cultures, Local Writing: The Cornell Consortium for Writing in the Disciplines, by Jonathan Monroe
- Literacy in Context: A Transatlantic Conversation about the Future of WAC in England, by Viv Ellis and Donna LeCourt
- Drawing Connections Across Education: The Freiburg Writing Center Model, by Gerd Bräuer
- WAC in Bulgaria: Benefits and Challenges, by Benedict E. DeDominicis and Tracy Santa
- Writing in a New Zealand Tertiary Context: WAC and Action Research, by Lisa Emerson, Bruce R. MacKay, Keith A. Funnell and Marion B. MacKay
- Writing in/across the Curriculum at a Comprehensive Chinese University, by Marty Townsend
Volume 6, Number 1: January 2003
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- A Process for Establishing Outcomes-Based Assessment Plans for Writing and Speaking in the Disciplines, by Michael Carter
- Design, Results, and Analysis of Assessment Components In a Nine-Course CAC Program, by J. Stanton Carson, Patricia G. Wojahn, John R. Hayes, and Thomas A. Marshall
- Introducing Engineering Students to Intellectual Teamwork: The Teaching and Practice of Peer Feedback in the Professional Communication Classroom, by Natasha Artemeva and Susan Logie
- Assignments Across the Curriculum: A Survey of College Writing, by Dan Melzer
- Biographies
Volume 6, Number 2 - Special Issue on Poetry Across the Curriculum: June 2003
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- Guest Editor's Introduction, by Art Young
- Poetry Across the Curriculum: Four Disciplinary Perspectives, by Art Young, Patricia Connor-Greene, Jerry Waldvogel, and Catherine Paul
- Poetry's Place and the Poet's Participation with Fields of Knowledge, by Rosemary Winslow
- "Because His Shell Is Empty" Writing Poems about Biology, by Mark Richardson, Alison Morrison Shetlar, and Robert Shetlar
- City Confidential: On the Lyric Mapping of Urban Space, by Elizabeth A. Hatmaker
- "Oh that wonderful stuff": Selected Poetry by College and Middle School Students, edited by Shawn Apostel
- Greater than the Sum of Parts: A Poetry/Science Collaboration, by Nancy Abrams and Nadine Feiler
- "Plerk," "Plabor," and a Conventional Caper: Redefining the Work and Play of Poetry Within the Discipline of English, by Steve Westbrook
- Unsettling Knowledge: A Poetry/Science Trialogue, by Jonathan Monroe, Alice Fulton, and Roald Hoffmann
- About the Authors
Volume 6, Number 3: August 2003
- Entire Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- Guest Editor's Introduction, by Linda Driskill
- Panel Summaries- Plenary Panel Summary: Processes for Thinking about WAC's Future, by Moderator Linda Driskill
- Panel 1 Summary: What Leadership, Goals, and Policies Can Ensure That Students Communicate Well in Multicultural Environments and International Commerce? by Moderator Deborah Andrews
- Panel 2 Summary: What Must Be Done to Ensure That College Students Communicate Well in Their Fields? by Moderator Steven Youra
Leadership and Policies Articles
- Mutual Support: CAC Programs and Institutional Improvement in Undergraduate Education Chris M. Anson, Michael Carter, Deanna P. Dannels, and Jon Rust
- Reinventing Invention: Writing across the Curriculum without WAC, by Lee Odell and Burt Swersey
- Using 'Community' Needs to Promote and Expand WAC, by Glenn Blalock, Diana Cardenas, Joyce Hawthorne, and Susan Loudermilk
New Models for Classroom Practices
- WAC in an Urban and Bilingual Setting: Writing-to-Learn in English y en Español, by Linda Hirsch and Carolina DeLuca
- Models in Algebra and Rhetoric: A New Approach to Integrating Writing and Mathematics in a WAC Learning Community, by Ronald J. Heckelman and Will-Matthis Dunn III
- Invited Panels on Writing the Future: Leadership, Policies, and Classroom Practices