Articles, Chapters, Book Reviews by Greg Giberson
Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to …, Jan 1, 2011
This review examines Susan Miller’s Norton Book of Composition Studies in the context of the unde... more This review examines Susan Miller’s Norton Book of Composition Studies in the context of the undergraduate writing major. Miller’s anthology provides a thorough snapshot of the field of composition, representing the impressive scope of composition studies with 101 unabridged works of composition history, research, theory, and practice. Although this anthology was compiled to support instruction in both undergraduate and graduate classes, the reviewers suggest that undergraduates and some graduate students may require more contextual information about the collected works to better understand the major themes, issues, struggles, and successes of the field.
Papers by Greg Giberson
Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles, 2015
Behind the Curtain of Scholarly Publishing: Editors in Writing Studies
Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles, 2015
Behind the Curtain of Scholarly Publishing: Editors in Writing Studies
Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, 2011
assistants, who are often just entering the field of composition. Until now, my academic field of... more assistants, who are often just entering the field of composition. Until now, my academic field of study was never represented among the Norton publications that lined my shelf. But The Norton Book of Composition Studies, edited by Susan Miller, changes that scenario and marks an indelible moment that acknowledges this field and the work of its scholars. Like the other Norton books, Miller's contribution will no doubt shape present and future generations of composition scholars and teachers. At 1,760 pages, the collection includes 101 essays. The book is broken into four parts: "Historical Accounts," "Theories of Composition," "Revisions and Differences," and "Worldwide Projects." As a tome, it is impressive in size and breadth. The collection draws upon both articles and book chapters. Some of these pieces have been included in other collections over the years. But perhaps one of the greatest strengths of the collection, as Miller notes, is the inclusion of "selections that are difficult to find elsewhere," such as pieces from Edward Tyrrell Channing and Wallace Douglas. "Part I: Historical Accounts" consists of two subsections: "Roots" and "The Emergence of a Field." With "Roots," Miller has chosen key excerpts from works by
Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles, 2015
Teaching English in the Two Year College, 2002
What We Are Becoming
... And York College's proudly hybrid program, which, Delli Carpini wrote, explicitly keeps ... more ... And York College's proudly hybrid program, which, Delli Carpini wrote, explicitly keeps one foot in each world, showing how the liberal arts ... Crow, and Kathy S. Albertson, all from the newly formed (at the time) writing and linguistics depart-ment at Georgia Southern University ...
This collection of essays provides a timely analysis of the current state and potential future of... more This collection of essays provides a timely analysis of the current state and potential future of higher education and its subsequent impact on society. The multinational and multidisciplinary contributors analyze the variety of professional, intellectual, social and political factors that govern our individual and collective behavior, and how these forces undermine society's traditional goals for higher education: critical and intellectual development, and civic engagement. These historical democratic-social values are coming to be replaced with those of production and consumption in service to the global economy. The competing and contradictory demands placed upon higher education are often at odds with the traditional notions of liberal education that persist as performative facade, an idealization of the academy existing primarily in the lore, rituals, and mission statements of most colleges and universities, but not always in the outcomes faculty are expected to produce.
In this critical program profile, the authors provide an analysis of the historical, political, t... more In this critical program profile, the authors provide an analysis of the historical, political, theoretical, and practical circumstances that influenced the development of Oakland University's undergraduate major in writing and rhetoric. Through an analysis of the developmental process and the major itself, this article explores many separate, yet interconnected issues. These include the development and naming of a department of writing and rhetoric, the impact the major has had on the firstyear writing program, the theoretical and practical structure of the threetrack major, as well as the institutional impact the program has had. In December 2007, three of the Rhetoric faculty at Oakland University (OU)-Greg, Lori, and Marshall Kitchensbegan revising our program's proposal for a major in writing and rhetoric, which had been initiated by our senior faculty some 10 years earlier. As we reconceptualized the proposal and consulted the available scholarly materials on the topic of undergraduate writing majors, we recognized that while there was a good deal of work on the major, there was still much work to be done in terms of breadth, depth, and consistency in the scholarly conversation. We were lucky to have access to early drafts of the now published collection What We Are Becoming: Developments in Undergraduate Writing Majors, as Greg was lead editor on that project, and we found that Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum provided valuable insights into developing our upperlevel writing courses and core curriculum. But for the purposes of proposing and designing our own major, the three of us felt there was much more we needed to know about designing, proposing, and implementing B.A. programs.
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Abstract: This essay explores some of the challenges for the discipline of rhetoric and compositi... more Abstract: This essay explores some of the challenges for the discipline of rhetoric and composition implied by the growth in undergraduate writing majors. Through six narratives from junior faculty at five different institutions, this work explores the ways in which these new faculty were, ...
Manufactured in the United States of America Cover design by Barbara Yale-Read ISBN: 978-0-87421-... more Manufactured in the United States of America Cover design by Barbara Yale-Read ISBN: 978-0-87421-763-6 (paper) ISBN: 978-0-87421-764-3 (e-book) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data What are we becoming? : developments in undergraduate writing majors / edited by Greg A. Giberson, Thomas A. Moriarty. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-87421-763-6 (pbk.) --ISBN 978-0-87421-764-3 (e-book) 1. English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. 2. Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. 3. Creative writing (Higher education)--United States. 4. Writing centers--United States. 5. English philology--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. I.
Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles, 2015
co-authored with Greg Giberson and Jim Nugent.
In this chapter, the authors describe the evoluti... more co-authored with Greg Giberson and Jim Nugent.
In this chapter, the authors describe the evolution of our writing major at Oakland University, providing a rationale for the major design, a narrative describing the implementation of the major, and a summary of the curriculum.
Greg Giberson and Tom Moriarty have collected a rich volume that offers a state-of-the-field look... more Greg Giberson and Tom Moriarty have collected a rich volume that offers a state-of-the-field look at the question of the undergraduate writing major, a vital issue for compositionists as the discipline continues to evolve. What We Are Becoming provides an indispensable resource for departments and WPAs who are building undergraduate majors. Contributors to the volume address a range of vital questions for undergraduate programs, including such issues as the competition for majors within departments, the job market for ...
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Articles, Chapters, Book Reviews by Greg Giberson
Papers by Greg Giberson
In this chapter, the authors describe the evolution of our writing major at Oakland University, providing a rationale for the major design, a narrative describing the implementation of the major, and a summary of the curriculum.
In this chapter, the authors describe the evolution of our writing major at Oakland University, providing a rationale for the major design, a narrative describing the implementation of the major, and a summary of the curriculum.