Labored: The State(ment) and Future of Work in Composition

by Randall McClure (Editor), Dayna V. Goldstein (Editor)

Overview

Labored: The State(ment) and Future of Work in Composition, edited by Randall McClure, Dayna V. Goldstein, and Michael Pemberton, offers both a retrospective and a prospective look at the 1989 Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing and its relation to the changing nature of work in composition. Stemming from an investigative project to strengthen the Statement with data culled from national reports on labor conditions, this collection draws on the expertise of scholars whose research agendas and lived experiences afford fresh insights and critical analyses on labor issues in composition and writing program administration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781602358935
Publisher:	Parlor Press, LLC
Publication date:	11/01/2016
Series:	Writing Program Adminstration
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	345
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Randall McClure is Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities Department at Pfeiffer University. He is co-editor with James P. Purdy of The New Digital Scholar: Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NextGen Students and The Next Digital Scholar: A Fresh Approach to the Common Core State Standards in Research and Writing. | Dayna V. Goldstein holds a PhD from Kent State University. She is an adjunct online instructor with a specialization/concentration in Rhetoric&Writing with the University of Phoenix. | Michael A. Pemberton is Professor of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University and director of the University Writing Center. A past president of the International Writing Centers Association, he has published five books, including The Ethics of Writing Instruction: Issues in Theory and Practice, The Center Will Hold: Critical Reflections on Writing Center Scholarship, and Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing, and more than 50 articles on writing center theory, tutoring ethics, and writing technologies in journals.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Labor Practices, the Statement, and the Future of Work in Composition by Randall McClure, Dayna V. Goldstein, and Michael A. Pemberton | Section 1: The Statement in Context | 1. | Reflections of an Anonymous Graduate Student on the Wyoming Conference Resolution by Susan Wyche | 2. | I Stand Here Ironing by Chris Anson | 3. | My War on the CCCC Statement by Valerie Balester | 4. | Elegy for a Statement by Jeanne Gunner | Section 2: The Statement and Present-Day Labor Conditions | 5. | One of Many: The CCCC Statement in the Context of Other Position Statements on Academic Labor by James C. McDonald | 6. | The jWPA: Caught Between the Promises of Portland and Laramie by Timothy R. Dougherty | 7. | The Missing Piece: Where Is the Labor-Related Research at the Research Network Forum? by Risa P. Gorelick | 8. | A State of Permanent Contingency: Writing Programs, Hiring Practices, and a Permanent Breach of Ethics by Casie J. Fedukovich, Susan Miller-Cochran, Brent Simoneaux, and Robin Snead | 9. | Contingency, Access, and the Material Conditions of Teaching and Learning in the Statement by Holly Hassel and Joanne Baird Giordano | Section 3: Rescripting the Statement | 10. | Rethinking the “Legitimate” Reasons for Hiring Adjunct Faculty: A Recension Statement of Its Own by Evelyn Beck | 11. | Recognizing Realities by Barry Maid and Barbara D’Angelo | 12. | A Focus on Reading: An Essential Component of the Next Statement by Alice S. Horning | 13. | Going Digital: Ideas for Updating the Statement for a Digital World by James P. Purdy | 14. | Out of Print: Revising the Statement for More Inclusive Storytelling by Joseph Janangelo | 15. | Strengthening the Statement: Data on Working Conditions in College Composition by Randall McClure, Dayna V. Goldstein, and Michael A. Pemberton | Afterword by Joseph Harris | Appendix: Data-Enhanced Version of the Statement