The oldest independent periodical in the field, COMPOSITION STUDIES publishes original articles relevant to rhetoric and composition, including those that address teaching college writing; theorizing rhetoric and composing; administering writing programs; and, among other topics, preparing the field's future teacher-scholars. All perspectives and topics of general interest to the profession are welcome. We also publish Course Designs, which contextualize, theorize, and reflect on the content and pedagogy of a course. Contributions to Composing With are invited by the editor, though queries are welcome.
CONTENTS OF COMPOSITION STUDIES 52.2 (Fall 2024): Editors' Introduction: Keeping the Ship Afloat, by Jacob Babb and Zachary Beare | AT A GLANCE: We Are What We Teach: Writing Major Requirements Across Institutions by Tim Becker | ARTICLES: Student-Authored Textbooks: Challenging Expertise, Establishing Authority, Shaping Discourse by Chris Friend | "Talk About, Talk Through, and Reflect": Student-to-Student Interviews as Critical Interventions in Learning Community Assessment by Nicole Guinot Varty and Adrienne Jankens | "This is Me, Writing": Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Their Writing Processes Over Time by Chris W. Gallagher | Liberalism in Rhetoric and Composition: An Ideological History and (Re)Definition by Matthew Overstreet | COURSE DESIGNS: WRIT 5900: Archival Curation and Museology by Mario D'Agostino | Transformative Counterstorying in a Rhetorics of Displacement Seminar by M³nica Reyes | Anti-Racist and Feminist Pedagogy in Editing and Publishing by Rebecca S. Richards | WHERE WE ARE: From On-Campus to Behind-the-Capitol: Transitioning from Academia to State Educational Policy Work by Heidi Estrem | Recognizing Your Value by Cheryl E. Ball | Ungrateful: The Affective Calculus of Leaving the Tenure Track by Will Kurlinkus | Fear, Self-Loathing, and Stress for Breakfast: Escaping Toxicity and Dysfunction in Academia by Shannon Madden | Reflections from a Recovering Academic: Offering Guidance, Seeking Accountability, and Inspiring Leaders by Sonia C. Arelleno | BOOK REVIEWS: A Writer Reforms (the Teaching of) Writing: Donald Murray and the Writing Process Movement, 1963-1987, by Michael J. Michaud, reviewed by Jainab Tabassum Banu | Teachers Talking Writing: Perspectives on Places, Pedagogies, and Programs, by Shane A. Wood, reviewed by Duane Roen | Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers of U.S. College Composition: Exploring Identities and Negotiating Difference, edited by Mariya Tseptsura and Todd Ruecker, reviewed by Nasih Alam | Distant Readings of Disciplinarity: Knowing and Doing in Composition/Rhetoric Dissertations, by Benjamin Miller, reviewed by Hannah J. Rule | Writing STEAM: Composition, STEM, and a New Humanities, edited by Vivian Kao and Julia Kiernan, reviewed by Omar Yacoub
