BWe: Basic Writing e-journal

ISSUES 8/9 2009 - 2010 (Double Issue)

Edited by Shannon Carter (Texas A&M-Commerce)
and Susan Naomi Bernstein (LaGuardia Community College)
JP Sloop (Texas A&M-Commerce), Production Editor

Metaphors and Material Realities for Basic Writing: An Introduction to BWe Double Issue 8.1 & 9.1 (2009-2010)
Susan Naomi Bernstein, LaGuardia Community College-CUNY
Co-Editor [PDF]

Writing about Writing in Basic Writing: A Teacher/Researcher/Activist Narrative
Shannon Carter, Texas A&M-Commerce, Co-Editor [pdf]

Pedagogy:

Barbara Gleason, City College-CUNY
Associate Editor [pdf]

“Still 'Strangers in Academia': Five Basic Writers’ Stories”
Deborah Mutnick, Long Island University [pdf]

“Meaning-Making Concepts: Basic Writer’s Access to Verbal Culture”
Barbara Bird, Taylor University [pdf]

“Forgetting Developmental English: Re-Reading College
Reading Curricula”
Colin Charlton, University of Texas-Pan Am [pdf]

“Seeing is Believing: Writing Studies with 'Basic Writing' Students”
Jonikka Charlton, University of Texas-Pan Am [pdf]

“PowerPoint Reflection and Re-visioning in Teaching Composition”
Stafford Gregoire, LaGuardia Community College[pdf]

“Dear Readers: Thoughts on the Dear Mrs. Freel Letters”
Penny Freel, State University of New York-New Paltz [pdf]

“Tearing Down the Walls: Towards an Interdisciplinary Field
of Basic Writing”
Terry Voorhees, Husson University [pdf]

“Granting Access and Rewarding Success in a Developmental Writing Program Through the Use of a Student Publication”
Dawn Terrick, Missouri Western State University
2009 CBW Inny Award Winner[pdf]

Comment and Response:

Response to “Toward a Social Justice Policy for Students Enrolled in Basic Writing Courses: A Conference on Basic Writing Policy Statement” by Susan Bernstein - [Bernstein’s proposal]
Sugie Goen-Salter, San Francisco State University

Book Reviews:

Sonya Armstrong (Northern Illinois University) and Kathleen A. Baca (Dona Ana Community College), [pdf]
Associate Editors

Scott, Tony. Dangerous Writing: Understanding the Political Economy of Composition.
Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2009.
Michael Chestnut, Penn State [review]

Carter, Shannon. The Way Literacy Lives: Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction.
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008.
Jessica Schreyer, University of Dubuque [review]

George, Mary W. The Elements of Library Research: What Every Student Needs to Know.
Princeton: Princeton UP, 2008.
Janice R. Walker, Georgia Southern University [review]

BWe is the official journal of the Council on Basic Writing (CBW)

Announcements:

Join us for the 2011 Council on Basic Writing Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, next April. [Call for Participation]

Nominate your program for the 2011 Council on Basic Writing Award for Innovation [Call for Nominations]

Apply for the 2011 Council on Basic Writing Fellowship [Call for Applications]

Submit to the next issue of BWe! [Call for Submissions]

Editorial Board Members:

BWe Co-Editors

  • Susan Naomi Bernstein, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York
  • Shannon Carter (CBW Co-Chair), Texas A&M-Commerce

BWe Associate Editors

  • Pedagogy: Barbara Gleason, City College of New York
  • Book Reviews: Sonya Armstrong, Northern Illinois University, and Kathleen A. Baca, Dona Ana Community College

Editorial Board:

  • Tabetha Adkins, Texas A&M-Commerce
  • Liz Clark, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York
  • Donna Dunbar-Odom, Texas A&M-Commerce
  • Greg Glau, Northern Arizona University
  • William B. Lalicker, West Chester University
  • Rebecca Mlynarczyk (Co-Editor, Journal of Basic Writing), Kingsborough Community College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
  • Kelly Ritter, University of North Carolina-Greensboro