Overview
- Focuses on programmatic collaboration that enrich writing programs and writing centers
- Argues for the applicability of recent research on complex collaborative practices to the different forms of collaboration that are often enacted by writing programs and centers
- Reports on the benefits and challenges that arise during collaborative work involving writing programs and writing centers in primary roles
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This book demonstrates how to develop and engage in successful academic collaborations that are both practical and sustainable across campuses and within local communities. Authored by experienced writing program administrators, this edited collection includes a wide range of information addressing collaborative partnerships and projects, theoretical explorations of collaborative praxis, and strategies for sustaining collaborative initiatives. Contributors offer case studies of writing program collaborations and honestly address both the challenges of academic collaboration and the hallmarks of successful partnerships.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alice Johnston Myatt is Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi, USA. Myatt develops and teaches composition classes, is Academic Coordinator for the minor in Professional Writing, and chairs the planning team for the department’s annual Transitioning to College Writing Symposium.
Lynée Lewis Gaillet is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Georgia State University, USA. She is author of numerous articles and book chapters addressing Scottish rhetoric, writing program administration, composition/rhetoric pedagogy, publishing matters, and archival research methods. She is a recipient of an NEH Summer Research Award and ISHR Fellowship.
Lynée Lewis Gaillet is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Georgia State University, USA. She is author of numerous articles and book chapters addressing Scottish rhetoric, writing program administration, composition/rhetoric pedagogy, publishing matters, and archival research methods. She is a recipient of an NEH Summer Research Award and ISHR Fellowship.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writing Program and Writing Center Collaborations
Book Subtitle: Transcending Boundaries
Editors: Alice Johnston Myatt, Lynée Lewis Gaillet
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59932-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59931-5Published: 10 November 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59932-2Published: 27 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 275
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour