Composition Studies: Then and Now

This video is a brief overview of the history and development of Composition Studies, as well as a short reflection on how this development has been directed by a select and privileged few.

Sources used and discussed:

Berlin, James A. “Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories.” College English. Vol. 44, Article 8. (1982) 765–777

Murray, Donald M. “Teach Writing as a Process Not Product.” The Leaflet (1972): 3–6

Padilla, J. Paul. “Always Been ‘Inside’.” Latinx Writing and Rhetoric Studies Vol. 1, Article 1. (2020): 135–158

Rickert, Thomas. “Hands Up, You’re Free.” JAC 21.2 (2001):287–317