The Court of Composition Studies

“The court of composition studies consists of scholars who are both knowledgeable about the range of existing research and contributing to one or the other types of inquiry about written discourse. They evaluate the quality of research and substantive reasons that support new work, guided by the degree of relationship between the work and the field’s ideals and score of unresolved problems. They also take into consideration man’s accumulated experience in all cultures and historical periods.”

Janice Lauer, from "Composition Studies: Dappled Discipline"

Composition Studies and Postcolonial Studies in Dialogue

With postcolonial theory in mind, I have to make the following recommendation: Crossing Borderlands: Composition and Postcolonial Studies (Lunsford and Ouzgane, eds, 2004), a collection that aims to put composition studies and postcolonial studies into conversation about issues such as writing, pedagogy, race, transnationalism, and literacy. I actually wrote a review of it but cannot find it! Argh! I'm still searching for the document though. As soon as I find it, I'll post.

In the meantime, check out contributions by Gary A. Olson, Susan C. Jarratt, Jaime Armin Mejia, C. Jan Swearingen and Lunsford's republished interview with "la jefa" Gloria E. Anzaldua.

Andrea A. Lunsford's Course on Memoria

Check out Andrea A. Lunsford's syllabus for her course titled

"The (Re) Composition of Memory" at Stanford.

You are one of my heroes, Dr. Lunsford!

http://www.stanford.edu/~lunsfor1/memory.htm