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Composition Studies

As a discipline, Composition Studies focuses on scholarly inquiry and teaching related to rhetoric, composition, professional and technical writing, writing center studies, writing across the curriculum, and writing assessment.

Recommended websites


Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing
essential, highly praised resource; updated to reflect current research and expanding specializations in composition and rhetoric--such as digital writing and visual rhetoric and business and technical communication; includes an annotated list of over 860 articles, periodicals, and online resources.  An introductory section also provides a brief historical overview of these fields.

CompPile
an inventory of publications in writing studies, including post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse analysis.

Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ)
Associated with the Modern Language Association, the Council discusses issues of concern to writers and editors: funding, peer reviewing, plagiarism, property rights, copy editing, etc.

Council of Writing Program Administrators
The Council of Writing Program Administrators is a national association of college and university faculty with professional responsibilities for (or interests in) directing writing programs. Members include directors of freshman composition, undergraduate writing, WAC/WID/CAC, and writing centers, as well as department chairs, division heads, deans, and so on.

Technical Communication EServer
The EServer Technical Communication Library is a free, open-access, categorized index of 22,247 works available online for professional, scientific and technical communicators (such as technical writers) designed individuals who share the same special interests or who have similar jobs, i.e., Assembly on Computers in English.

WAC Clearinghouse
The WAC Clearinghouse, in partnership with the International Network of Writing Across the Curriculum Programs, publishes open-access journals, books, and other resources for teachers who use writing in their courses

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