Edward M. White

Portfolios : process and product

This book, the first to focus exclusively on portfolio assessment, is practical, theoretical, and broad in scope, offering places to start rather than claiming to be definitive. The articles, all by teachers with considerable experience in using portfolio grading, are free of jargon, making sound composition and assessment theory available to every reader, regardless of the level of writing taught.

Theresa Jarnagin Enos, In Memoriam

On November 2, 2016, Theresa Jarnagin Enos unexpectedly passed away at her home in Tucson, Arizona, leaving behind a trailblazing legacy of work in writing, teaching, scholarly editing, (wo) mentoring, administration, and service. An important figure in contemporary rhetoric and composition studies, Theresa—a self-proclaimed “maverick”—founded this journal, Rhetoric Review, on her own in 1982 due to the lack of publication venues for research concerning the history and theory of rhetoric. As the first peer-reviewed journal in rhetoric and composition studies, Theresa worked tirelessly to make Rhetoric Review the journal we know today—publishing manuscripts from the field’s superstars (Jim W. Corder, Frank D’Angelo, and Michael Halloran were among the first contributors in the inaugural issue), establishing an editorial board, soliciting peer reviewers, editing each manuscript scrupulously, advertising for new subscribers, all while printing issue copies and mailing them off to institutions herself. In 1987, Theresa was recruited by the University of Arizona where she helped establish its PhD program in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English (RCTE). During her twenty-seven year tenure at the University of Arizona, Theresa taught undergraduate and graduate courses, served as associate composition director, program director of RCTE and, of course, maintained her editorship of Rhetoric Review. Theresa authored, edited, or co-edited over ten books including A Sourcebook for Basic Writing Teachers, Writing Program Administrator’s Resource, The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition, Gender Roles and Faculty Lives in Rhetoric and Composition, The Promise and Perils of Writing Program Administration, Defining the New Rhetorics, Living Rhetoric and Composition, Beyond PostProcess and Postmodernism: Essays on the Spaciousness of Rhetoric, in addition to numerous articles and chapters. The entries from colleagues and former students included in this Burkean Parlor allow us just a brief glimpse of Theresa’s influence on the lives and careers of so many of us in our discipline; how fortunate we are to have known her and to have learned from her.

Developing Successful College Writing Programs

This book tells how to develop and administer a comprehensive college writing program to improve student writing, promote critical thinking, and strengthen the overall collegiate curriculum.