Writing Across the Curriculum

This annotated bibliography is the first to trace the history of the Writing Across the Curriculum Movement (WAC) and to assess the state of scholarship and pedagogy on the subject today. Professors Anson, Schwiebert, and Williamson carefully describe 1067 important sources taken from bibliographies, books, monographs, journals, textbooks, and other documents. Their research guide reviews the history and implementation of WAC, research and theoretical studies, and the teaching of writing across the curriculum in general and in diverse fields. Author and subject indexes provide easy access to the reference materials for the use of researchers in composition, education, arts and humanities, physical, social and behavioral sciences, and business.

CHRIS M. ANSON, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Program in Composition and Communication at the University of Minnesota, is the author ofWriting in Context (1988), A Field Guide to Writing (1992), and is the editor ofResponding to Writing: Theory, Practice, and Research (1989).

JOHN E. SCHWIEBERT, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center at Weber State University, is the author ofThe Frailest Leaves: Whitman's Poetic Technique and Style in the Short Poem (1992) and has published articles on Whitman, 19th century British poetry, and creative writing. His research interests include writing across the curriculum, reader-oriented theory and criticism, and reading/writing relationships creativity.

MICHAEL M. WILLIAMSON, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has published articles on composition, and his research interests include writing across the curriculum and linguistic approches to writing research, and computers in writing.