Charla Bauer, MA
Learning Community WAC Coordinator
University of South Florida

Bibliography: Writing Across the Curriculum

Anderson, Worth, Cynthia Best, Slycia Black, John Hurst, Brandt Miller, and Susan Miller. "Cross-Curricular Underlife: A collaborative Report on Ways with Academic Words." CCC, 41 (Feb 1990), 11-36.
A look a the language use of five students in sixteen different courses. The students describe the teachers', the students', and their own uses of language for learning and/or succeeding in class.

Anson, Chris M., John E. Schwiebert, and Michael M. Williamson. Writing Across the Curriculum: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
A bibliography of over a thousand items in eleven categories.

Bazerman, Charles, and David R. Russell, eds. Landmark Essays on Writing Across the Curriculum. Davis, CA: Hermagoras, 1994.
Thirteen essays on history, programs, pedagogy, and writing in discipines.

Blair, Catherine Pastore. "Only One of the Voices: Dialogic Writing Across the Curriculum." College English, 50 (April 1988), 383-89.
Examines the social theory of knowledge: each discipline has its own way of using language that only makes sense in the disciplinary context. Since English studies knows only its own discourse, there is no reason to entrust all writing instruction to the English department. This article calls for interdisciplinary efforts for composition istruction with composition specialists serving as consultants.

Fulwiler, Toby. "The Argument for Writing Across the Curriculum." In Writing Across the Disciplines: Research into Practice. Ed. Art Young and Toby Fulwiler. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook, 1986.
Describes the principles that underlie writing across the curriculum for faculty workshops. The article provides guidelines for developing and assessing WAC assignments.

Fulwiler, Toby. "How Well Does Writing Across the Curriculum Work?" College English, 46 (Feb 1984), 113-25. Rpt. in Writing Across the Disciplines. Ed. Art Young and Toby Fulwiler. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook, 1986.
Examines the effects of interdisciplinary writing workshops at Michigan Technological University after six years, with positive and negative implications for the community of scholars.

Gardner, Susan, and Toby Fulwiler. The Journal Book for Teachers in Technical and Professional Programs. Westport, CT: Boynton, 1998.
Collection of essays focusing on uses of journal writing outside the field of liberal arts with numerous examples representing disciplines such as accounting, computer science, engineering, nursing, and teacher education.

Kinneavy, James L. "Writing Across the Curriculum." ADE Bulletin, 76 (Winter 1983), 14-21.
Describes two forms of WAC: writing intensive courses in all departments and course in writing for other disciplines offered by the English department. A well-designed program benefits from both approaches by offering different kinds of writing courses "vertically" throughout the college experience.

Reiss, Donna, Dickie Selfe, and Art Young, eds. Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum. Urbana: NCTE, 1998.
Explores what happens when proponents of Writing Across the Curriculum use the latest computer-mediated tools and techniques to expand and enrich the teaching of writing.

Russell, David. Writing in the Academic Disciplines: 1870-1990. Carbondale: Southern Ill. UP, 1991.
Examination of writing instruction in the disciplines revealing that writing across disciplines meets resistance in the very structure of higher education.

Worsley, Dale, and Bernadette Mayer. The Art of Science Writing. NY: T&W, 1989.
Five sections of advice for writing in many forms: essays, notes, personal memoirs, poetry, fiction, and more.

Bibliography: Writing Across the Curriculum
(other resources)

Aaron, D.K. "Writing Across the Curriculum: Putting Theory Into Practice in Animal Science Courses." Journal of Animal Science, 74 (Nov 1996), 2810-28.

Bean, John C. Engaging Ideas: A Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learing in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.

Colley, Sarah. "What Happened at WAC-3?" Antiquity, 69 (March 1995), 15-19.

Fulwiler, Toby. Teaching With Writing: An Interdisciplinary Workshop Approach. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook, 1987.

Fulwiler, Toby, and Art Young, eds. Language Connections: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Urbana: NCTE, 1982.

Fulwiler, Toby, and Art Young, eds. Programs That Work: Models and Methods for WAC. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1990.

Fulwiler, Toby, and Art Young, eds. Writing Across the Disciplines Research into Practice. Upper Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook, 1986.

Griffin, C. Williams, ed. Teaching Writing in All Discipline. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982.

Henry, Jim. "A Narratological Analysis of WAC Authorship." College English, 56 (Nov 94), 810-824.

Herrington, Anne, and Charles Moran, eds. Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the Discipline. NY: MLA, 1992.

Howard, Rebecca M. and Sandra Jamieson. The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines: An Instructor's Desk Reference. Boston: Bedford, 1995.

Kirscht, Judy, Rhonda Levine, and John Reiff. "Evolving Paradigms: WAC and the Rhetoric of Inquiry." CCC, 45 (Oct 94), 369-381.

Maimon, Elaine P. "Writing Across the Curriculum: Past, Present, and Future." In Teaching Writing in All Disciplines. Ed. C. Williams Griffin. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982.

McLeod, Susan. Strengthening Programs for WAC. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988.

McLeod, Susan, and Margot Soven, eds. Writing Across the Curriculum: A Guide to Developing Programs. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992.

Mullin, Joan A. "The Natural Connection: The WAC Program and the High School Writing Center. The Clearing House, 69 (Sept-Oct 1995), 24-27.

Smith, Louise Z. "Why English Departments Should 'House' Writing Across the Curriculum." College English, 50 (April 1988), 390-95.

Walvoord, Barbara E. "The Future of WAC." College English, 58 (Jan 1996),58-80.

Walvrood, Barbara E. Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines. NY: MLA, 1982.

Walvrood, Barbara, ed. In the Long Run: A Study of Faculty in Three WAC Programs. Urbana: NCTE, 1997.

Yancy, Kathleen, and Brian Huot, eds. Assessing Writing Across the Curriculum: Diverse Approaches and Practices. Greenwich, CT: Ablex, 1997.

WAC and Learning Communities

Gabelnick, Faith, Jean MacGregor, Roberta Matthews, and Barbara Leigh Smith. "Learning Community Foundations." In Learning Communities: Creating Connections Among Students, Faculty, and Disciplines. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990.

Tinto, Vincent, and Anne Goodsell Love. "A Longitudinal Study of Learning Communities at LaGuardia Community College." University Park, PA: National Center for Postsecondary Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, 1995.

 

A Sampling of WAC Textbooks
to Use with Students

Behrens, Laurence, and Leonard Rosen. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. NY: Longman, 1997.

Clegg, Cyndia Susan, and Michael M. Wheeler. Students Writing Across the Disciplines. Chicago: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1991.

Kennedy, Mary L., William Kennedy, and Hadley M. Smith. Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers. Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.

Rose, Mike. Critical Strategies for Academic Thinking and Writing. Boston: Bedford Books, 1998.

Business, Legal, and Technical Writing

Beer, David, and David McMurrey. A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. NY: Wiley & Sons, 1997.

Calleros, Charles R. Legal Method and Writing. NY: Aspen Law & Business, 1998.

Harty, Kevin J. Strategies for Business and Technical Writing, 4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Houp, Kenneth, Thomas E. Pearsall, and Elizabeth Tebeaux. Reporting Technical Information, 9th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Inkster, Robert P., and Judith M. Kilborn. The Writing of Business. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Killingsworth, M. Jimmie. Information in Action: A Guide to Technical Communication, 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Kynell, Teresa and Wendy Stone. Scenarios for Technical Communication. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Procopiow, Norma. The Elements of Legal Prose. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Searles, George. Workplace Communication: The Basics. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.

Web Sites

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