Local knowledges, local practices : writing in the disciplines at Cornell /

"With a stated objective that "any person can find instruction in any study," Cornell exemplifies academic diversity. The institution has a long tradition of excellence in writing and is home to one of the oldest academic writing programs. At the core of Cornell's approach is the...

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Other Authors: Monroe, Jonathan, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2003]
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • Local knowledges, local practices : an introduction / Jonathan Monroe
  • TAs and the teaching of writing at Cornell : a historical perspective / Katherine Gottschalk
  • Writing without friction / Keith Hjortshoj
  • Finding places for writing in a research university : a director's view / Harry E. Shaw
  • Writing animals / Elizabeth Oltenacu
  • Exoticizing the familiar : familiarizing the exotic / Jane Fajans
  • "You can make a difference" : human rights as the subject matter for a first-year writing seminar / Billie Jean Isbell
  • Writing from (field) experience / Kathryn S. March
  • The invisible city of color, or "I thought this was a course on writing!" / William W. Goldsmith
  • Writing in cognitive science : exploring the life of the mind / Michael J. Spivey
  • Freshman rhetoric and media literacy / Paul Sawyer
  • Toward a community of inquiry : teaching Cornell advanced placement students / Daniel R. Schwarz
  • Teaching writing about international relations / Matthew Evangelista
  • Writing political science : asking a question then (actually) answering it / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein
  • The politics of writing / Rose McDermott
  • Translation and appropriation in foreign language and writing classrooms / John Whitman
  • Writing religion at Cornell (reflections of a penitent professor) / Ross Brann
  • Teaching behavioral ecology through writing / Paul W. Sherman
  • Cultivating dialectical imagination / Jennifer E. Whiting
  • Writing (not drawing) a blank / Marilyn Migiel
  • Writing as a sociologist / Michael Macy
  • Afterword : Writing writing / Jonathan Monroe.