Call for Papers

[Irwin Weiser <iweiser@omni.cc.purdue.edu>]

Call for Papers:
The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher: Inquiry in  Action
and Reflection 

We invite abstracts for a proposed collection focusing on aspects 
and prospects of research in Writing Program Administration:  
what it is, who does it, how it is done, what are its purposes, how 
is it similar to or different from other research in rhetoric and 
composition studies.  Possible areas of focus include, but are not 
limited to: 1) ethical, political, and methodological issues for 
research situated in writing programs; 2) distinctive characteristics 
of research in specific kinds of writing programs, e.g., writing 
centers, WAC programs, professional writing programs, first-year 
composition programs; 3) definitions or descriptions of a specific 
type of research in writing program administration, e.g., action 
research, group inquiry, historical work; 4) ways in which WPA 
research informs other academic contexts and professional 
communities.  Please send 500-word abstracts and brief 
descriptions of the author's work in writing program 
administration, including institutional contexts, by July 1, 1997.  
Drafts of selected papers will be due November 1, 1997.  Send 
abstracts to Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser, Department of 
English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356.  
Address inquiries or questions to either Shirley Rose (telephone: 
765-494-3742; email: roses@purdue.edu) or Irwin Weiser 
(telephone: 765-496-2205; email: iweiser@purdue.edu).