{"product_id":"composition-and-rhetoric-in-contentious-times-9781646424658","title":"Composition and Rhetoric in Contentious Times","description":"\u003ci\u003eComposition and Rhetoric in Contentious Times\u003c\/i\u003e poses critical questions of representation, accessibility, social justice, affect, and labor to better understand the entwined future of composition and rhetoric. This collection of essays offers innovative approaches for socially attuned learning and best practices to support administrators and instructors. In doing so, these essays guide educators in empowering students to write effectively and prepare for their role as global citizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editors Rachel McCabe and Jennifer Juszkiewicz consider how educators can respond to multiple current crises relating to composition and rhetoric with generosity and cautious optimism; in the process, they address the current concerns about the longevity of the humanities. By engaging with social constructivist, critical race, socioeconomic, and activist pedagogies, each chapter provides an answer to the question, How can our courses help students become stronger writers while contending with current social, environmental, and ethical questions posed by the world around them? The contributors consider this question from numerous perspectives, recognizing the important ways that power and privilege affect our varying means of addressing this question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Relying on both theory and practice, \u003ci\u003eComposition and Rhetoric in Contentious Times\u003c\/i\u003e engages the future of composition and rhetoric as a discipline shaped by recent and current global events. This text appeals to early-career writing program administrators, writing center directors, and professional specialists, as well as Advanced Placement high school instructors, graduate students, and faculty teaching graduate-level pedagogy courses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor and director of writing at La Salle University. Her scholarship has been published in \u003ci\u003eComposition St\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eudies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in Documentary Film\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCompass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePedagogy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Juszkiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Writing Proficiency Program and the Writing and Tutoring Center and faculty in the English Department at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eEnculturation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKairos\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTeaching Theology and Religion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Utah State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488933941522,"sku":"9781646424658","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e5805b0f-545e-4e57-9f3f-fc44db7e7e8d.jpg?v=1730485687","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/composition-and-rhetoric-in-contentious-times-9781646424658","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}