Writing majors: eighteen program profiles

Foreword / Sandra Jamieson

Introduction / Jim Nugent

Part I: Writing Departments ; DePaul University's Major in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse / Denise Bowden ; Reshaping the BA in Professional and Technical Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock / Barbara L'Eplattenier and George H. Jensen ; The University of Rhode Island's Major in Writing and Rhetoric / Libby Miles, Kim Hensley Owens, and Michael Pennell ; Reforming and Transforming Writing in the Liberal Arts Context: The Writing Department at Loyola University Maryland / Peggy O'Neill and Barbara Mallonee ; Fifteen Years Strong: The Department of Writing at the University of Central Arkansas / Carey E. Smitherman, Lisa Mongno, and Scott Payne ; Oakland University's Major in Writing and Rhetoric / Lori Ostergaard, Greg Giberson, and Jim Nugent ; Embracing the Humanities: Expanding a Technical Communication Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout / Matthew Livesey and Julie Watts ; Building a Writing Major at Metropolitan State University: Shaping a Program to Meet Students Where They Are / Laura McCartan and Victoria Sadler ; Writers among Engineers and Scientists: New Mexico Tech's Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication / Julie Dyke Ford, Julianne Newmark, and Rosário Durão ; Writing as an Art and Profession at York College / Michael J. Zerbe and Dominic F. DelliCarpini

Part II: Traditional English Departments ; They Could Be Our Students: The Writing Major at Texas Christian University / Carrie Leverenz, Brad Lucas, Ann George, Charlotte Hogg, and Joddy Murray ; Two Strikes Against: The Development of a Writing Major at West Virginia State University, an Appalachian, Historically Black College / Jessica Barnes-Pietruszynski and Jeffrey Pietruszynski ; "What? We're a Writing Major?": The Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse / Marie Moeller, Darci Thoune, and Bryan Kopp ; A Matter of Design: Context and Available Resources in the Development of a New English Major at Florida State University / Matt Davis, Kristie S. Fleckenstein, and Kathleen Blake Yancey ; Renegotiating the Tensions between the Theoretical and the Practical: The BA in Professional Writing at Penn State Berks / Laurie Grobman and Christian Weisser ; From "Emphasis" to Fourth-Largest Major: Learning from the Past, Present, and Future of the Writing Major at St. Edward's University / John Perron, Mary Rist, and Drew M. Loewe ; Columbia College's English Major: Writing for Print and Digital Media / Claudia Smith Brinson and Nancy Lewis Tuten ; Seeking Growth through Independence: A Professional Writing and Rhetoric Program in Transition at Elon University / Jessie L. Moore, Tim Peeples, Rebecca Pope-Ruark, and Paula Rosinski.