Special Issues

Across the Disciplines, a refereed journal devoted to language, learning, and academic writing, publishes articles relevant to writing and writing pedagogy in all their intellectual, political, social, and technological complexity. Across the Disciplines shares the mission of the WAC Clearinghouse in making information about writing and writing instruction freely available to members of the CAC, WAC, and ECAC communities.

The following special issues of Across the Disciplines are available:

ePortfolios Across the Disciplines
Christopher Basgier, Auburn University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; and Amy Cicchino, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Published December 31, 2023
STEM and WAC/WID: Co-Navigating Our Shifting Currents
Brian Hendrickson, Roger Williams University, & Justin Nicholes, University of Wisconsin-Stout - Published November 4, 2022
Unsettling the Archives
Gesa Kirsch, Soka University of America; Walker Smith, University of Louisville; Caitlin Burns Allen, University of Louisville; and Romeo García, University of Utah - Published November 8, 2021
From the Margins to the Centre: Writing Across the Curriculum in Australia and New Zealand
Susan Thomas, University of Sydney, Karen Vered, Flinders University, and Lisa Emerson, Massey University - Published October 5, 2019
Contemplative Writing Across the Disciplines
Marlowe Miller, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and Karolyn Kinane, University of Virginia - Published March 31, 2019
Rewriting Disciplines, Rewriting Boundaries: Transdisciplinary and Translingual Challenges for WAC/WID
Bruce Horner, University of Louisville, and Jonathan Hall, York College, The City University of New York, Guest Editors - Published November 3, 2018
Internationalizing the WAC/WID Curriculum
Stefanie Frigo and Collie Fulford, North Carolina Central University - Published April 14, 2018
Teaching Assistants and Writing Across the Curriculum
Andrea Williams, University of Toronto, and Tanya Rodrigue, Salem State University - Published September 30, 2016
WAC and High-Impact Practices
Beth Boquet, Fairfield University, and Neal Lerner, Northeastern University - Published December December 26, 2016
Create, Perform, Write: WAC, WID, and the Performing and Visual Arts
Steven J. Corbett, George Mason University, and Betsy Cooper, Hunter College - Published December December 28, 2015
Graduate Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines
Marilee Brooks-Gillies, Elena G. Garcia, Soo Hyon Kim, Katie Manthey, and Trixie G. Smith, Michigan State University - Published August 25, 2015
WAC/WID Program Administration at Rural, Regional, and Satellite Campuses
Heidi Harris and Jessie Blackburn, Appalachia State University, Guest Editors - Published July 21, 2014
Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
Alice Horning, Oakland University, Guest Editor - Published December 11, 2013
Anti-Racist Activism: Teaching Rhetoric and Writing
Frankie Condon, University of Waterloo, and Vershawn Ashanti Young, University of Kentucky, Guest Editors - Published August 7, 2013
Writing Across the Secondary School Curriculum
Pamela B. Childers and Michael J. Lowry, Guest Editors - Published December 8, 2012
WAC and Second Language Writing: Cross-field Research, Theory, and Program Development
Michelle Cox and Terry Myers Zawacki, Guest Editors - Published December 21, 2011
Collaborating for Content and Language Integrated Learning
Magnus Gustafsson, Guest Editor - Published October 8, 2011
Writing Across the Curriculum at the Community College: Beating the Odds
Clint Gardner, Salt Lake Community College, Guest Editor - Published November 30, 2010
Writing Across the Curriculum and Assessment: Activities, Programs, and Insights at the Intersection
The Florida State University Editorial Collective, Guest Editors - Published December 3, 2009
Writing Technologies and Writing Across the Curriculum: Current Lessons and Future Trends
Karen J. Lunsford, Guest Editor - Published January 19, 2009
Rewriting Across the Curriculum: Writing Fellows as Agents of Change in WAC
Brad Hughes and Emily B. Hall, Guest Editors - Published March 29, 2008
The Linguistically Diverse Student: Challenges and Possibilities Across the Curriculum
Ann Johns, Guest Editor - Published May 15, 2005
WAC, WID, ECAC, CAC, CXC, LAC-VAC? Incorporating the Visual into Writing/Electronic/Communication/Learning Across the Curriculum
Joan A. Mullin, Guest Editor - Published December 3, 2005
Classrooms after the Events of September 11, 2001
Carra Leah Hood, Guest Editor - Published March 8, 2004

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 J. Cripps, editor, at mcripps@une.edu or (207) 602-2908.