The Journal Book

Journals are not just for liberal arts students anymore. Thirteen essays (all but one original to this collection) enlighten instructors in business, computer science, education, medical, and other fields on the rationale and craft of written (including electronic) reflection on personal and professional identity. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Toby Fulwiler directs the writing program at the University of Vermont, where he also teaches composition and literature courses. Editor of The Journal Book (1987), Fulwiler is also author of College Writing: A Personal Approach to Academic Writing, Second Edition (1997) and coeditor, with Art Young, of Programs That Work: Models and Methods for Writing Across the Curriculum (1990) and Writing Across the Disciplines: Research into Practice--all published by Boynton/Cook.Susan Gardner, Associate Professor of Education at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, has been a high school teacher, director of a college writing program, and Writing Coordinator for the Faculty. Gardner conducts workshops for elementary through college faculty across the curriculum on how to use writing effectively in the classroom. She has used journals extensively in her teaching since the early 1970s.