A Way to Move ― Rhetorics of Emotion & Composition Studies

Twenty academics from the U.S. and Canada involved in the teaching of writing in various ways contribute 13 essays which articulate and challenge the way composition instructors think about emotion, particularly as an enabler and disabler of change. They develop theories of emotion that work out of classical rhetoric, feminist studies, and cognitive neuroscience, that can be used to inform teaching and research; explore ways in which emotion shapes and is shaped by teaching practices; and examine the relation between emotion and educators' professional roles as teachers and administrators in composition studies. No subject index. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DALE JACOBS is an Assistant Professor and Director of Composition at the University of Windsor and the editor of The Myles Horton Reader. His articles have appeared in journals such as JAEPL (Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning), Composition Studies, National Writing Project Quarterly, and North Carolina English Teacher. His research interests are in the areas of emotion, critical pedagogies, and literacy.LAURA R. MICCICHE is Assistant Professor of English at East Carolina University, where she teaches courses in writing, rhetoric, and womens literature. Her research has appeared in College English, Composition Forum, Composition Studies, and several edited collections. Her research interests focus on rhetorics of difference in relation to affect, pedagogy, professional identity, and academic workplace practices.