History, Reflection, and Narrative

MARY ROSNER is Associate Professor of English, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in composition, rhetoric, and literature. Her current interests are interdiciplinary: feminist readings of science, Victorian science and fiction, and the making of knowledge in composition theory.BETH BOEHM is Associate Professor of English at the University of Louisville, where she also directs graduate studies in English. She teaches and writes about British Literature, Rhetoric, and Narrative Threory.DEBRA JOURNET is Professor and Chair of English at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on the rhetoric of science and has appeared in such journals as Written Communication, Social Epistemology, Mosaic, and Technical Communication Quarterly.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Debra Journet, Beth Boehm, and Mary RosnerPART I. HISTORY AND THE MAKING OF HISTORIESComposition History and Disciplinarity, Robert J. ConnorsVeterans' Stories on the Porch, Lester FaigleyPaths Not Taken: Recovering History as Alternative Future, Louise W. PhelpsWatson Conference Oral History #1: Research Forums and Agendas in Composition Studies, Carol Berkenkotter, Lester Faigley, Richard Larson, and Stephen WittePART II. AGENDAS IN TEACHING AND IN RESEARCHComposition Research Agendas in the 1960s and 1970s, Richard Lloyd-JonesEarly Work on Composing: Lessons and Illuminations, Sondra PerlThe Expressivist Menace, James T. ZebroskiA Brief History of Writing Assessment in the Late Twentieth Century: The Writer Comes Center Stage, Kathleen Blake YanceyWatson Conference Oral History #2: Process Theory and the Shape of Composition Studies, Deborah Brandt, Janet Emig, and Sondra PerlPART III. INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCES AND DISCIPLINARY NARRATIVESRereading Feminism's Absence and Presence in Composition, Kathleen A. Boardman and Joy RitchieIs There Still a Place for Rhetorical History in Composition Studies? Gerald P. MulderigThe Developing Discipline of Composition: From Text Linguistics to Genre Theory, Amy J. DevittTwo Disciplinary Narratives for Non-Standard English in the Classroom: Citation Histories of Shaughnessy's Errors and Expectations and Smitherman's Talkin' and Testifyin', Shirley K. RoseWatson Conference Oral History #3: The Breadth of Composition Studies: Professionalization and Interdisciplinary, Joseph Comprone, Lisa Ede, Peter Elbow, Janice Lauer, Andrea Lunsford, and Richard YoungWatson Conference Oral History #4: Classical Rhetoric in the Present and Future of Composition Studies, Edward P.J. Corbett, Frank D'Angelo, Winifred Horner, James Kinneavy, and C. Jan SwearingenPART IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONProfessionalizing Politics, Richard OhmannEvocative Gestures in CCCC Chairs' Addresses, Ellen L. Barton. Whispers from the Margin: A Class-based Interpretation of the Conflict Between High School and College Writing Teachers, Irvin PeckhamProfessing Rhetoric and Composition: A Personal Odyssey, Frank J. D'AngeloWatson Conference Oral History #5: Discourse and Politics in Composition Studies, David Bartholomae, Pat Bizzell, Patty Harkin, and Richard OhmannPART V. FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGESRethinking Research on Composing: Arguments for a New Research Agenda, Lee Odell and Christina Lynn PrellIntellectual-Bureaucrats: The Future of Employment in the Twilight of the Professions, Richard E. MillerWatson Conference Oral History #6: Working Inside and Outside Composition Studies, Charles Bazerman, Charles Cooper, Richard Lloyd-Jones, and Lee OdellAuthor IndexSubject Index