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Vol. 45 of Composition Forum now available!

Posted by – January 12, 2021

Colleagues, 

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 45 of Composition Forum, now available at: http://compositionforum.com/.

This issue includes the following features:

  • An interview with Íde O’Sullivan, a founder of the Republic of Ireland’s first Writing Centre at the University of Limerick (UL)
  • A retrospective on Ann E. Berthoff’s legacy and Keith Rhodes’ unpublished “Audit of a Profession”
  • Six articles addressing topics including Writing about Writing (WAW), feedback on grammar, writing teachers’ identities, feminist rhetorical frameworks, dissertation boot camps, and disciplinary expertise
  • Three program profiles describing writing programs at Roger Williams University, Georgia State University, and the University of Arizona
  • Three book reviews: Transnational Literacy Autobiographies as Translingual Writing (Canagarajah, 2019), Dreads and Open Mouths: Living/Teaching/Writing Queerly (Rallin, 2019), Conceptions of Literacy: Graduate Instructors and the Teaching of First-Year Composition (Brewer, 2020)

Thanks for taking time to read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments!

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Vol. 44 of Composition Forum now available!

Posted by – August 24, 2020

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 44 of Composition Forum, now available at: http://compositionforum.com. Volume 44, “Promoting Social Justice for Multilingual Writers on College Campuses,” is a special issue with guest editors Norah Fahim, Jennifer Johnson, Eunjeong Lee, and Brooke Schreiber.

This special issue includes the following features:

  • An interview with Gail Shuck, the Coordinator of English Language Support Programs for Boise State University
  • Six articles addressing topics including translation, antiracist and translingual writing pedagogies, linguistic social justice, multilingualism and accessibility, self-reflection and compassion, and writing centers
  • Four program profiles describing writing programs at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Humboldt State University, Michigan State University, and Northeastern University
  • A book review of Writing Assessment, Social Justice, and the Advancement of Opportunity (Poe, Inoue, and Elliot, 2018)

We hope you will read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments! If you’d like to propose or guest-edit a special issue, please contact Jody Shipka.

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Vol. 43 of Composition Forum now available!

Posted by – April 29, 2020

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 43 of Composition Forum, now available at: http://compositionforum.com

This volume includes the following features:

  • An interview with Lad Tobin, associate professor in the English department at Boston College
  • Six articles addressing topics including visual literacy and collaborative instruction, interdisciplinary interactions in WAC/WID, source instruction, voice in writing, research on metacognitive activities and student athletes, and technology professional development
  • Two program profiles describing writing programs at Texas Woman’s University and at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
  • Three reviews of recent books in rhetoric and composition

We hope you will read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments!

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Vol 42 of Composition Forum now out!

Posted by – January 3, 2020

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 42 of Composition Forum, now available at: http://compositionforum.com

This volume includes the following features:

  • An interview with Diana George, professor emerita at both Virginia Tech and Michigan Tech
  • Six articles addressing topics including writing transfer research, structure and design in FYW, Canadian WAC programs, writing instruction in the U.S. military, and graduate students’ first experiences teaching writing
  • Two program profiles describing writing programs at Moravian College and at Texas Christian University
  • Four reviews of recent books in rhetoric and composition

We hope you will read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments!

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Call for Applications: Communications Editor

Posted by – September 11, 2019

Composition Forum is seeking a Communications Editor effective immediately. Responsibilities will include developing a social media presence for the journal, promoting regular and special issues of Composition Forum, cross-marketing and building relationships with other scholarly publications in rhetoric and composition, and representing the journal at various conferences and events.

Applicants should send a brief statement of interest and a CV to Editor Christian Weisser at crw17@psu.edu. Review of applicants will begin on October 10th, 2019.

Call for Proposals for a Special Issue of Composition Forum: “Promoting Social Justice for Multilingual Writers on College Campuses”

Posted by – July 8, 2019

Guest editors: Brooke Schreiber, Baruch College, CUNY; Eunjeong Lee, Queens College, CUNY; Jennifer Johnson, Stanford University; Norah Fahim, Stanford University

cfspecialissue2020@gmail.com

Deadline for proposals: September 15, 2019

The fight for linguistic equity in writing education in the U.S. has a long and complex history. From the statement on “Students’ Rights to Their Own Language” (SRTOL) in 1974, to Asao Inoue’s recent CCCC Chair’s address calling out White language supremacy, the efforts to achieve justice for language minoritized students have been fraught with tension and conflict. At the core of this conflict is a fundamental question: in a world where English-only ideology and a deficit perspective towards language minoritized students still dominate (e.g., Lee, 2017), how we best serve our linguistically diverse students and promote pluralism in the writing classroom? In the current sociopolitical climate, where we see racist attitudes and acts linked with monolingual and monocultural bias in the daily news cycle, discussion and enactment of anti-racist praxis are more important than ever. And in order to bring about social justice for multilingual students, we must shift the conversations to ones that recognize multilinguals’ unique competencies in moving across languages and cultures (Canagarajah, 2013; You 2016).

In this special issue, we focus on how we as educators can work towards social justice for multilingual students through classroom practices, campus-wide advocacy, and administrative choices. We invite proposals for articles (print-based or multimedia) that address issues such as:

  • Initiating discussions of linguistic racism and promoting language plurality in dominant monolingual and/or white institutional spaces
  • Understanding the range of multilingual student backgrounds (i.e., international visa holders, immigrant/gen 1.5 students, refugees) and their experiences at our institutions
  • Developing pedagogical practices (rhetorical grammar, cross-cultural communication activities) that create spaces for multilingual students to negotiate language standards
  • Supporting writing faculty across the disciplines to enact anti-racist and translingual pedagogies
  • Implementing writing center policies and practices to support multilingual students
  • Using course options and placement practices to advocate for students

We also seek proposals for two Program Profiles, which might address various aspects of writing programs, including first-­‐year composition, WAC/WID, student support programs, teacher training, professional writing, and/or writing centers. We are particularly interested in profiles of programs which have developed innovative structures or curriculum for reaching out to, placing, assessing, or otherwise supporting multilingual student populations.

Proposal Submission Guidelines

Due date: September 15th, 2019

Length of proposals: an abstract of no more than 500 words and a tentative title

Proposals should be submitted to: cfspecialissue2020@gmail.com

For any questions, please contact:Eunjeong Lee at eunjeong.lee@qc.cuny.edu

Notification of acceptance: October 7th

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Composition Forum vol. 41 now available!

Posted by – April 18, 2019

We are proud to announce the publication of Composition Forum vol. 41!

This volume includes the following features:

  • An interview with Bruce Ballenger, recently retired from Boise State University
  • Six articles addressing topics including writing transfer research, the topoi of digital environments, place-based autoethnography, safe space pedagogies, materiality and process, and rhetorical reflection
  • A program profile of the Multilingual Writing Center at Dickinson University
  • A review essay covering two new books on digital composition spaces
  • Three additional reviews of recent books in rhetoric and composition

We hope you will read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments!

Christian Weisser, Editor

Composition Forum vol. 40 now available!

Posted by – November 18, 2018

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 40 of Composition Forum, now available at: http://compositionforum.com

This volume includes the following features:

  • An interview with Steve Parks and Algerian Civic Engagement Specialist Ahmed Abdelhakim Hachelaf
  • A fifty-year anniversary retrospective on Donald Murray’s A Writer Teaches Writing
  • Seven articles addressing topics such as translingual rhetoric, international student-writers, storytelling, artistic tools in the composition classroom, student perceptions of multilingualism, the use of rubrics in STEM courses, and survey analysis of English language arts models
  • A program profile of the Writing Program at Southern Utah University
  • Three reviews of recent books in rhetoric and composition

We hope you will read this volume of Composition Forum, and we welcome your suggestions and comments!

Christian Weisser, Editor
Composition Forum

Composition Forum vol. 39 now available!

Posted by – August 23, 2018

We are thrilled to announce a special issue of Composition Forum focusing on “Composition in the Presence of Disability.” Guest Editors Annika Konrad, Elisabeth L. Miller, and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum have assembled a range of thought-provoking pieces on the subject in this, our seventh special issue.

Composition Forum 39 includes an interview with Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, a retrospective piece about Brenda Jo Brueggemann’s work in disability studies, six insightful articles, three interesting program profiles, and four timely review essays.

The volume is available at: https://www.compositionforum.com/issue/39/

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Call for Managing Editor for Composition Forum!

Posted by – May 16, 2018

Composition Forum: A journal of pedagogical theory in rhetoric and composition compositionforum.com

Composition Forum is pleased to invite applications for the position of Managing Editor. The Managing Editor will work closely with Editor Christian Weisser in all aspects of the journal. The primary responsibility of this position is to facilitate the peer-review process of scholarly articles. This includes the following activities:

  • Review and screen new articles submitted for publication to determine if they fit the scope and focus of the journal
  • Solicit and assign reviewers to write written evaluations of screened articles
  • Evaluate reviewer feedback and decide upon accept, reject, or revise and submit status for each peer-reviewed article
  • Communicate with authors regarding the status of their articles and facilitate revisions (where applicable)
  • Guide accepted articles through editing and proofing to final publication, working closely with Web Editor Kevin Brock

Candidates should have an established record of scholarship in rhetoric and composition. Some editorial experience is preferred. Composition Forum welcomes individuals or teams of two editors to manage the workload—the current Managing Editors (Anis Bawarshi and Mary Jo Reiff) have worked as a team for several years. The incoming Managing Editor(s) are also encouraged to bring on Editorial Assistants (such as advanced graduate students). All positions within Composition Forum are on a volunteer basis with no monetary compensation, though editors are encouraged to secure compensation and/or release time from their universities to offset the time invested in this scholarly work.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning on June 1st. Applicants should send an email to editors@compositionforum.com containing the following:

  • A brief (2-3 paragraph) statement of interest, describing the applicant’s background and experience relevant to the position, as well as an overview of your “vision” or goals for the articles section of Composition Forum in the future.
  • A current curriculum vita or resume

Applications will be promptly acknowledged, and finalists will interview through Skype or by phone. We hope to conclude the search in early summer 2018, allowing the new Managing Editor(s) to shadow and interact with the current editors before the Fall 2018 academic year begins.

Please direct questions or comments about the position (but not applications) to Christian Weisser at crw17@psu.edu