Across the Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Academic Writing

Calls for Special Issues

Across the Disciplines announces the following calls for proposals:

Writing across the Curriculum at the Community College: Beating the Odds

Writing across the curriculum and writing in the disciplines (WAC/WID) programs in community colleges have been the focus of only sporadic scholarship over the years. This special issue of ATD will focus the spotlight on community college WAC/WID initiatives and expand the range of scholarly work in this area, exploring the challenges that community college WAC programs face, the ways in which student demographics and goals shape their experience of writing in the disciplines, and what the future of WAC/WID might be at the community college level. (Guest edited by Clint Gardner, Salt Lake Community College)

Writing across the Curriculum and Assessment: Activities, Programs, and Insights at the Intersection

In 1997, Brian Huot and Kathleen Blake Yancey published their co-edited volume Assessing Writing across the Curriculum: Diverse Approaches and Practices. This special issue of ATD will explore how assessment can help us understand, support, and enrich all such WAC efforts, and outline why and how assessment is an appropriate mechanism for doing so. (Guest edited by The Florida State University Editorial Collective)

Note: If you would like to serve as guest editor for a special issue, or if you would like to suggest a topic for a special issue, please contact Michael Pemberton, editor, at michaelp@georgiasouthern.edu or (912) 871-1383.

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