The writing program administrator's resource: a guide to reflective institutional practice

Foreword / Lynn Z. Bloom

1. Turtles All the Way Down: Educating Academic Leaders / Louise Wetherbee Phelps

2. Politics and the WPA: Traveling Through and Past Realms of Expertise / Douglas D. Hesse

3. Reflexive Professional Development: Getting Disciplined in Writing Program Administration / Theresa Enos

4. Certifying the Knowledge of WPAs / Gail Stygall

5. Writing Program Administration Internships / Daphne Desser and Darin Payne

6. Teaching a Graduate Course in Writing Program Administration / Edward M. White

7. Moving Up the Administrative Ladder / Susan H. McLeod

8. Writing Program Administration as Preparation for an Administrative Career / David E. Schwalm

9. Legal Considerations for Writing Program Administrators / Veronica Pantoja, Nancy Tribbensee and Duane Roen

10. Applying Ethics: A Decision-Making Heuristic for Writing Program Administrators / Stuart C. Brown

11. WPA and the Politics of LitComp / John Schilb

12. Part-Time/Adjunct Issues: Working Toward Change / Eileen E. Schell

13. Making Learning Visible: A Rhetorical Stance on General Education / Yvonne Merrill and Thomas P. Miller

14. How the Professional Lives of WPAs Would Change if FYC Were Elective / Sharon Crowley

15. Figuring It Out: Writing Programs in the Context of University Budgets / Chris M. Anson

16. Collaborative Administration / Jeanne Gunner

17. Placement Issues / Daniel J. Royer and Roger Gilles

18. WPA as Researcher and Archivist / Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser

19. Hard Work and Hard Data: Using Statistics to Help Your Program / Gregory R. Glau

20. Reflection, Assessment, and Articulation: A Rhetoric of Writing Program Administration / Christopher Burnham

21. Expanding the Community: A Comprehensive Look at Outreach and Articulation / Anne-Marie Hall

22. Contrapower Harassment in Program Administration: Establishing Teacher Authority / Julia K. Ferganchick

23. Writing Program Administration and Instructional Computing / Ken S. McAllister and Cynthia L. Selfe

24. Writing Centers, Writing Programs, and WPAs: Roles by Any Other Names? / Carol Peterson Haviland and Denise Stephenson

25. GTA Experience: Grounding, Practicing, Evaluating, and Reflecting / Meg Morgan

26. GAT Training in Collaborative Teaching at the University of Arizona / Amanda Brobbel, Matt Hinojosa and Carol Nowotny-Young / [et al.]

27. This Site Under Construction: Negotiating Space for WPA Work in the Community College / Victoria Holmsten

28. Writing Across the Curriculum / Martha A. Townsend

29. More Than a Room of Our Own: Building an Independent Department of Writing / Barry M. Maid

30. Issues in Writing Program Administration: A Select Annotated Bibliography / Rebecca Jackson and Patricia Wojahn

App. A. Portland Resolution

App. B. Evaluating the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration

App. C. WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition.