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.
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.
“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)
“CWPA Position Statement on Pre-College Credit for Writing.” Council of Writing Program Administrators, September 2013
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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).
“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.
“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)
"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.
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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