ESSAYS & ARTICLES
Aside from books and edited collections, there are a number of fantastic articles and essays to build your knowledge within Writing Program Administration.
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Although this is not a comprehensive list of all WPA-related articles and essays, I have included several options within a variety of important and useful topics.
FYW Curriculum & Courses
“What’s Theorizing Got to Do with It? Teaching Theory as Resourceful Conflict and Reflection in TA Preparation.” Michael Stancliff and Maureen Daly Goggin. WPA: The Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 30.3 (2007): 11-28.
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“Defining Roles for Graduate Students in Writing Program Administration: Balancing Pragmatic Needs with a Postmodern Ethics of Action.” Catherine Latterall. WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, 27.1 (2003): 23-39.
“Graduate Students, Writing Programs, and Consensus-Based Management: Collaboration in the Face of Disciplinary Ideology.” Chris M. Anson and Carol Rutz. WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 21.2 (1998): 106-120.
“Strengthening Graduate Student Preparation for WPA Work.” Crystin L. Elder, Megan Schoen, and Ryan Skinnell. WPA: Journal for the Council of Writing Program Administrators 37. 2 (2014)
“Writing Program Administration and Faculty Professional Development: Which Faculty? What Development?” Margaret K. Willard-Traub. Pedagogy 8.3 (2008): 433-445
​“Embracing our Expertise through Faculty and Instructional Development.” Beth Brunk-Chavez. “A Symposium on Fostering Teaching Quality,” WPA Journal, 34.1 (2010)
​“Fostering Cultures of Great Teaching.” Diana Ashe. “A Symposium on Fostering Teaching Quality,” WPA Journal, 34.1 (2010)
​“Professional Development for Writing Program Staff.” William J. Carpenter. The Allyn and Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators. Eds. Irene Ward and William J. Carpenter, Longman, 2002. pp. 156-165.
​“The Scholarship of Administration.” Christine Hult. Resituating Writing: Constructing and Administering Writing Programs, eds. Joseph Janangelo and Kristine Hansen, Boynton/Cook, 1995, pp. 119-131.
Professional Development
FYW Program Requirements
“The Definitive Article on Class Size.” Alice Horning. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 31.1, (2007)
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“CWPA Position Statement on Pre-College Credit for Writing.” Council of Writing Program Administrators, September 2013
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​“The Ethics of Required Teaching Portfolios.” Carrie Shively Leverenz. Composition Pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching, eds. Deborah Minter and Amy M. Goodburn, Heinemann, 2002.
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“Absentee Landlords of Owner-Tenants? Formulating Standards for Dual-Credit Composition Programs.” Chris M. Anson. College Credit for Writing in High School: The “Taking Care of” Business. Eds. Kristine Hansen and Christine R. Farris, NCTE, 2010, pp. 245-271.
“The Importance of Teacher Knowledge in College Composition Placement Testing.” William L. Smith. Reading Empirical Research Studies, The Rhetoric of Research, ed. R.J. Hayes, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1992, pp. 289-316.
Power, Politics, and Lifestyle
“WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition.” Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2014.
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“Curriculum Design for First-Year Writing Programs.” David Smit. The Writing Program Administrator's Resource: A Guide to Reflective Institutional Practice. Eds. Theresa Enos and Stuart Brown, Erlbaum, 2002, pp. 185-206.
“Standardizing a First-Year Writing Program: Contested Sites of Influence.” Sheila Carter-Tod. WPA: The Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 30.3 (2007): 75-92.
“Response and the Social Construction of Error.” Chris M. Anson. Assessing Writing. 7.1 (2000), pp. 5-21.
“Analyzing Grammar Rants: An Alternative to Traditional Grammar Instruction.” Kenneth Lindblom and Patricia A. Dunn. The English Journal 95.5, pp. 71-77
“Freshman Composition: No Place for Literature.” Erika Lindemann. College English 55.3 (1993): 311-316.
“You Are What You Sell: Branding the Way to Composition’s Better Future.” Keith Rhodes. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 33.3 (2010).
“WPA as Tempered Radical: Lessons from Occupy Wall Street.” Casie Fedukovich. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 37.1 (2013).
“Of Ladybugs, Low Status, and Loving the Job: Writing Center Professionals Navigating their Careers.” Anne Ellen Geller and Harry Denney. The Writing Center Journal 33.1 (2013).
“For Slow Agency.” Laura R. Micciche. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 35.1 (2011).
“Developing Healthy Management and Leadership Styles: Surviving the WPA’s ‘Inside Game.’” Irene Ward. The Allyn and Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators. Eds. Irene Ward and William J. Carpenter, Longman, 2002, pp. 49-67.
Program Evaluation & Assessment
TA Training & Grad Students
“Assessment in Action: A Mobius Tale.” Chris M. Anson. Assessment in Technical and Professional Communication. Eds. Margaret Hundleby and Jo Allen. Baywood, 2009, pp. 3-15.
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“A Case for Writing Program Evaluation.” Laura Brady. WPA: The Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 28.1/2 (2004): 79-93.
“What do WPAs Need to Know about Writing Assessment? An Immodest Proposal.” Chris W. Gallagher. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 33.1-2 (2009).
“Becoming the Learner: Collaborative Inquiry, Reflection, and Writing Program Assessment.” Erik Juergensmeyer and Karen P. Pierce. WPA: Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal 30.3 (2007).
Working within the University
Labor & Legal Issues
“Professional Identity in a Contingent-Labor Profession: Expertise, Autonomy, Community in Composition Teaching.” Ann M. Penrose. WPA: Writing Program Administration Journal 35.2 (2012): 108-126.
“Legal Considerations for Writing Program Administrators.” Veronica Pantoja, Nancy Tribbensee, and Duane Roen. The Writing Program Administrator's Resource: A Guide for Reflective Institutional Practice. Eds. Theresa Enos and Stuart Brown, Erlbaum, 2002, pp. 137-154.
“English Professor as Public Figure: My Days in Court.” Edward M. White. College English 73.2 (2010): 183-195.
“Credentialing College Writing Teachers: WPAs and Labor Reform.” Steve Lamos. WPA: Writing Program Administration Journal 35.1 (2011).
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“Collaborative Administration.” Jeanne Gunner. The Writing Program Administrator's Resource: A Guide to Reflective Institutional Practice. Edited by Theresa Enos and Stuart Brown, Erlbaum, 2002, pp. 253-262.
“Locating Writing Programs in Research Universities.” Peggy O’Neill and Ellen Schendel. A Field of Dreams: Independent Writing Programs and the Future of Composition Studies, eds. Peggy O'Neill, Angela Crow, and Larry W. Burton, Utah State UP, 2002. pp. 186-211.
“The Writing Program in the University.” Katherine K. Gottshcalk. The Allyn and Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators. Eds. Irene Ward and William J. Carpenter, Longman, 2002, pp. 23-33.
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“The Intelligent Design of Writing Programs: Reliance on Belief or a Future of Evidence.” Chris M. Anson. WPA: Writing Program Administration Journal, 32.1 (2008)
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"The Politics of Writing Promotion." Charles Schuster. The Allyn & Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators. Eds. Irene Ward and WIlliam J. Carpenter, Longman, 2002, pp. 331-342.
“Figuring it Out: Writing Programs in the Context of University Budgets.” Chris M. Anson. The Writing Program Administrator’s Resource: A Guide to Reflective Institutional Practice. Eds. Stuart C. Brown and Theresa Enos, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002.
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Language & Identity
Multimodality & Tech
"Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key." Kathleen Yancey. College Composition and Communication 56.2 (2004): 297-328
“Composing in a Digital World: The Transition of a Writing Program and its Faculty.” Pamela Takayoshi and Brian Huot. WPA: Journal of Writing Program Administrators, 32.3 (2009): 89-119.
“Remediating Writing Program Administration.” Carrie Leverenz. Council of Writing Program Administrators Journal, 32.1 (2008).
“The Digital Imperative: Making the Case for a 21st-Century Pedagogy.” J. Elizabeth Clark. Computers and Composition 27 (2010) 27-35.
“NCTE Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies.” NCTE Executive Board, November 2005
“Technology and Literacy: The Perils of Not Paying Attention.” Cynthia L. Selfe. College Composition and Communication, 50.3 (1999): 411-436.
“Language Diversity and the Responsibility of the WPA.” Susan K. Miller-Cochran. Cross-Language Relations in Composition (eds.) Bruce Horner, Min-Zhan Lu, and Paul Kei Matsuda, Southern Illinois University Press, 2010, pp. 212-220.
“Creating Accessible Spaces for ESL Students Online.” Fernando Sánchez. WPA: Journal of Writing Program Administration 37.1 (2013).
“Teaching Standard English: Whose Standard?” Linda Christensen. English Journal 79.2 (1990): 36-40.
“From Silence to Struggle.” Min-Zhan Lu. College English 49.4 (1987): 437-448.
“Language Diversity and Public Interest.” Walt Wolfram. American Speech 75.3 (2000): 278-280.
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