Cover: Writing and Community Engagement, 1st Edition by Thomas Deans; Barbara Roswell; Adrian J. Wurr

Writing and Community Engagement

A Critical SourcebookFirst Edition ©2010 Thomas Deans; Barbara Roswell; Adrian J. Wurr

Writing and Community Engagement: A Critical Sourcebook collects key research on the theory and practice of community-based writing. Selections from community projects are also included to help connect scholarly and pedagogical work. Chapters address writing in communities, ethics, community
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Cover: Writing and Community Engagement, 1st Edition by Thomas Deans; Barbara Roswell; Adrian J. Wurr

Writing and Community Engagement: A Critical Sourcebook collects key research on the theory and practice of community-based writing. Selections from community projects are also included to help connect scholarly and pedagogical work. Chapters address writing in communities, ethics, community engagement, service-learning, the rhetoric of civic writing, and practical pedagogy.

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"I welcome this valuable and timely resource for scholars and teachers in the field of rhetoric and writing who want to more fully understand the issues surrounding service-learning, civic engagement, and public/community-based writing. This volume outlines essential foundational knowledge and presents stories from a wide range of classrooms/community partnerships. In the end, this text will enable teachers to offer students additional opportunities to reflect on and engage in their communities."
— James Dubinsky, Virginia Tech  

"Writing and Community Engagement captures the energy and scholarly inquiry which is reshaping the work of composition/rhetoric. More than just a collection of established articles, this book provides a road map for those attempting to navigate their professional careers with a sense of social responsibility and justice."
— Steve Parks, Syracuse University

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Thomas Deans

Thomas Deans teaches at the University Connecticut, where he also directs the writing center and the writing across the disciplines program. His teaching and research interests include composition theory, service-learning, rhetoric, writing across the curriculum, prose style, writing in workplace and civic settings, pragmatist philosophy, Shakespeare, and the relationship between literature and composition. He is the author of Writing Partnerships: Service-Learning in Composition and Writing and Community Action.

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Barbara Roswell

Barbara Sherr Roswell teaches at Goucher College, where she has also directed the Writing Program, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the First Year Colloquium. The founding editor of Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning and Community Literacy, and coauthor of Reading, Writing, and Gender, her scholarship has appeared in Assessing Writing, Educational Assessment, Writing Center Journal, and the Community Arts Network. She has been instrumental in developing the Baltimore Read A Story--Write A Story after-school program and the college degree program at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.

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Adrian J. Wurr

Adrian J. Wurr is an adjunct professor at Washington State University and The University of Idaho, where he teaches TESOL and literacy education courses. A Fulbright Scholar in spring of 2007, he has published numerous scholarly articles in the U.S. and abroad on literacy, assessment, service-learning, and TESOL. He coedited Learning the Language of Global Citizenship: Service-Learning in Applied Linguistics (Wiley, 2007) and serves on the editorial boards of The Reading Matrix and Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-learning, and Community Literacy.