College Composition and Communication, Vol. 62, No. 2, December 2010

Table of Contents

• From the Editor: Moving beyond the Familiar

  Kathleen Blake Yancey

• Advancing by Degree: Placing the MA in Writing Studies

  Peter Vandenberg and Jennifer Clary-Lemon

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  Abstract: Master’s programs have been absent from writing studies’ scholarship on graduate education, primarily because they are not sites of disciplinary research. The MA, however, should be valued in writing studies for its demographic and curricular diversity, its responsiveness to local conditions, and its intra- and  interdisciplinary flexibility.

• Negotiating Cultural Identities through Language: Academic English in Jordan

  Anne-Marie Pedersen

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  Abstract: This article discusses how a group of multilingual scholars in Jordan negotiate multiple linguistic and cultural affiliations. These writers’ experiences demonstrate the varied ways English’s global dominance affects individuals’ lives. The scholars find both empowerment and disempowerment in English, viewing English as linked to Western hegemony in some situations and as de-nationalized and de-territorialized in others.

• What Our Graduates Write: Making Program Assessment Both Authentic and Persuasive

  Cornelius Cosgrove

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  Abstract: This article argues for and models an approach to writing program assessment that relies on study of the writing practices of program graduates as a way to inform revisions in curriculum and teaching practices. The article also examines how conducting such assessments can help nondisciplinary publics understand the nature of composition studies.

• Research Centers as Change Agents: Reshaping Work in Rhetoric and Writing

  Brian Gogan, Kelly Belanger, Ashley Patriarca, Megan O’Neill

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  Abstract: This article defines research centers as associative enterprises for solving scholarly and societal problems that cannot be adequately addressed by individuals. We identify more than fifty research centers in rhetoric and writing, past and present, and argue that they function as change agents by emphasizing collaboration and conducting research focused on publics.

• 2010 CCCC Chair’s Address: Rethinking the Fourth C: Call to Action

  Marilyn J. Valentino

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  Abstract: This is a written version of the address Marilyn J. Valentino gave at the CCCC meeting in Louisville on March 18, 2010.

• Review Essay: The Rhetoric of Social Movements Revisited

  Lynée Lewis Gaillet

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  Vision, Rhetoric, and Social Action in the Composition Classroom
  Kristie S. Fleckenstein

  Rhetorics, Literacies, and Narratives of Sustainability
  Peter N. Goggin, ed.

  Rhetoric and the Republic: Politics, Civic Discourse, and Education in Early America.
  Mark Garrett Longaker

  The Responsibilities of Rhetoric
  Michelle Smith and Barbara Warnick, eds.

  Active Voices: Composing a Rhetoric for Social Movements
  Sharon McKenzie Stevens and Patricia M. Malesh, eds.

• 2010 CCCC Chair’s Letter

  Marilyn J. Valentino

• CCC Poster Page 4: Literacy/Literacies [FREE ACCESS]

• CCCC News

• Announcements and Calls

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