Modern Language Association (MLA) Administering Writing Programs in the Twenty-First Century

Product Description This book is a comprehensive guide to administering writing programs at a moment when communication, and thus the teaching of writing, is always changing. A companion to Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century, which considers how writing instructors can successfully adapt to new challenges, this volume addresses the concerns of both novice and experienced writing program administrators. It includes guidance on building and assessing writing programs; on hiring, training, evaluating, and mentoring instructors; on eliminating cultural bias; on encouraging the well-being of administrators and instructors; on assignments and instructional tools; and on access, diversity, and inclusion. Aiming to help administrators develop thoughtful, effective approaches to using technology in writing programs, the book also provides information designed to support instructors in their teaching of rhetorical literacy strategies regardless of the environment or medium in which students compose and communicate. Review We increasingly live and teach and learn in a digital world. This book will do much to encourage and support effective teaching and learning. --Duane Roen, Arizona State University About the Author Tiffany Bourelle is associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches multimodal composition and professional writing. Her research focuses on enhancing pedagogy in composition and technical communication classes, in both face-to-face and online formats. She is a coauthor of Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century. She is also coeditor of Women's Professional Lives in Rhetoric and Composition: Choice, Chance, and Serendipity. Her work has been published in such journals as Technical Communication Quarterly, WPA: Writing Program Administration, Computers and Composition, and Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.