Reviews

Book Reviews

A Review of Changing the Subject: A Theory of Rhetorical Empathy, by Lisa Blankenship. (2019). Utah State University Press. 170 pages. [ISBN 978-1-60732-909-1 / 978-1-60732-910-7]
Gabriella Wilson, Syracuse University
A Review of Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 4, by Dana Driscoll, Megan Heise, Mary Stewart, & Matthew Vetter. (2019). Parlor Press/The WAC Clearinghouse. 343 pages. [ISBN 978-1-64317-270-5 / 978-1-64317-271-2 / 978-1-64317-272-9]
Analeigh E. Horton, University of Arizona
A Review of Literacy as Conversation: Learning Networks in Urban and Rural Communities, by Eli Goldblatt & David A. Joliffe. (2020). University of Pittsburgh Press. 228 pages. [ISBN 978-0-82294-624-3]
Angel Evans, The Ohio State University
A Review of Transient Literacies in Action: Composing with the Mobile Surround, by Stacey Pigg. (2019). The WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado. 180 pages. [ISBN 978-1-64215-101-5 / 978-1-64215-102-2 / 978-1-64642-144-2]
Morgan D. Beers, The Ohio State University
A Review of Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document that Changes Everything, by William Germano and Kit Nicholls. (2020). Princeton University Press. 232 pgs. [ISBN 978-0-69119-220-8]
Andrea Williams, University of Toronto
A Review of Writing Assessment, Social Justice, and the Advancement of Opportunity, edited by Mya Poe, Asao B. Inoue, and Norbert Elliot. (2018). The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. 438 pgs. [ISBN 978-1-64215-015-5]
Matthew Sautman, Alton High School/Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
A Review of Institutional Ethnography: A Theory of Practice for Writing Studies Researchers, by Michelle LaFrance. (2019). University Press of Colorado. 146 pgs. [ISBN 978-1-60732-866-7]
Emma Lee Guthrie, Bowling Green State University
A Review of Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing, by Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, and Jan Rieman. (2019). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. 293 pgs. [ISBN 978-1607328414]
Alissa Winn, University of South Carolina, Columbia
A Review of Next Steps: New Directions for/in Writing about Writing, by Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, and Jan Rieman. (2019). Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. 293 pgs. [ISBN 978-1607328414]
Alissa Winn, University of South Carolina, Columbia
A Review of Two Edited Collections on Student Writing Transfer: Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer, Edited by Chris M. Anson and Jessie L. Moore, 2017. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse, Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. [370 pages. ISBN 978-1-60732-647-2.]; and Understanding Writing Transfer: Implications for Transformative Student Learning in Higher Education, Edited by Jessie L. Moore and Randall Bass, 2017. Sterling, VA: Stylus. [ISBN 978-1-62036-585-4. 165 pages, including index.]
Lacey Wootton, American University
A Review of Sojourning in Disciplinary Cultures: A Case Study of Teaching Writing in Engineering, Edited by Maureen A. Mathison, 2019. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [ISBN 978-1607328025. 226 pages, including index.]
Adam Padgett, University of South Carolina
A Review of Sustainable WAC: A Whole Systems Approach to Launching and Developing Writing Across the Curriculum Programs, Michelle Cox, Jeffrey R. Galin, and Dan Melzer, 2018. Urbana, Illinois: NCTE. [ISBN 9780814149522. 272 pages.]
Jill Parrott, Eastern Kentucky University
A Review of Leading Academic Change: Vision, Strategy, Transformation, Elaine P. Maimon. (2018). Sterling, Virginia: Stylus. [ISBN 9781620365670. 180 pages.]
Caitlin Martin, Miami University
A Review of Faculty Development and Student Learning: Assessing the Connections, William Condon, Ellen R. Iverson, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol Rutz, and Gudrun Willett, 2016. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP. [ISBN 978-0-253-01878-6. 156 pgs, including index. $50.00 USD (hardcover).]
Darci L. Thoune, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
A Review of The Forgotten Tribe: Scientists as Writers, Lisa Emerson, 2016. Fort Collins, CO: The WAC Clearinghouse [ISBN 978-16-07326-44-1 https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/emerson/. 243 pages, including index (eBook).] Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, [ISBN 978-1607326434. 243 pages, including index (softcover).]
Justin Nicholes, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
A Review of Conceding Composition: A Crooked History of Composition's Institutional Fortunes, Ryan Skinnell, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State UP. [ISBN 978-1-60732-504-8. 188 pages, including index (soft cover)].
Melissa Nicolas, University of California, Merced
A Review of Composition in the Age of Austerity, Nancy Welch and Tony Scott, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [ISBN 978-1-60732-444-7. 235 pages, including index. $27.95 USD (soft cover).]
Leslie R. Anglesey, University of Nevada, Reno
A Review of Microhistories of Composition, Bruce McComiskey, 2016. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, [ISBN 978-1-60732-404-1. 336 pages. (soft cover).]
Cheri Lemieux Spiegel, Northern Virginia Community College
A Review of Ecologies of Writing Programs: Program Profiles in Context, Mary Jo Reiff, Anis Bawarshi, Michelle Ballif, and Christian Weisser, 2015. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press. [ISBN 978-1-60235-512-5. 406 pages, including index. (hardcover).]
Marissa C. McKinley, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
A Review of The MLA Handbook, Eighth Edition, Modern Language Association of America, 2016. New York, NY: Modern Language Association of America. [ISBN 1603292624. 160 pages. $12.00 USD (soft cover).]
Thomas Polk, George Mason University
A Review of Reconnecting Reading and Writing, Edited by Alice S. Horning and Elizabeth W. Kraemer, 2013. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press. [ISBN 978-1-60235-459-3. 325 pages, including index. $32.00 USD (soft cover).]
Nancy A. Benson, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
A Review of WAC and Second Language Writers: Research Towards Linguistically and Culturally Inclusive Programs and Practices, Terry Zawacki and Michelle Cox, 2014. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, [ISBN 978-1-60235-504-0. 482 pages, including index. (hardcover).]
Alisa Russell, George Mason University
A Review of Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies from MIT, Mya Poe, Neal Lerner, and Jennifer Craig, 2010. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, [ISBN 978-0-262-16247-0. 256 pages, including index. (hardcover).] Foreword by James Paradis.
Martha Patton, University of Missouri
A Review of College Writing and Beyond: A New Framework for University Writing Instruction, Anne Beaufort, 2007. Logan, UT: Utah State UP. [ISBN 978-0-87421-659-2. 242 pages, including index. $24.95 USD (softcover).]
Dana Lynn Driscoll, Purdue University
The Ongoing Legacy of Wendy Bishop Is In Our Stories: a Review of The Subject is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers, Edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom
Will Hochman, Southern Connecticut State University

Conference Reviews

2006 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL
Reviews Editors: Christopher Dean, Jonathan Alexander, Fred Siegel, and Will Hochman
2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA
Reviews Editors: Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Christopher Dean
2004 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX
Reviews Editors: Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Christopher Dean
Bright Future: A Review of the Sixth National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference (2002), Rice University
by Dan Melzer
2002 Conference on College Composition and Communication: Street Wise Because Teachers Have to Keep Learning: It's the Only Truth in our Truth Seeking that Ultimately Sustains Us
by Jonathan Alexander, Christopher Dean, Will Hochman, Brad Lucas, Carol Rutz, and Stephanie Vanderslice
2001 Conference on College Composition and Communication
by Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, Christine Hult, and Ilene Crawford
2000 Modern Language Association Conference: "Is it words ... just words?" No Shortage of Word Power
by Will Hochman
2000 Conference on College Composition and Communication
by Will Hochman and Diane Masiello
2000 Computers and Writing Conference
by Will Hochman, Jonathan Alexander, and Diane Masiello
1999 Modern Language Association Conference: Once Is Not Enough?
by Will Hochman

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