CFP: "Teach Writing as Process Not Product" (Donald Murray) at 50

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Hi All: 

In 2022 Donald Murray’s manifesto "Teach Writing as Process Not Product," dubbed a “rallying cry” for a generation of writing teachers and administrators (McLeod, 2007), turns 50. In this anniversary year of the publication of this landmark article I seek brief essays and reflections (500-600 words or so) on “Teach Writing” for an article to be submitted for publication to the “Retrospectives” section of the journal Composition Forum. Possible topics include the following:

--How did “Teach Writing” impact your professional development as a new/young teacher and/or scholar of writing?

--What is the significance of “Teach Writing” in your current practice as a teacher and/or scholar of writing?

--What historical significance does “Teach Writing” still hold for our field, if any?

--In what ways did “Teach Writing” shape or influence the growth and development of Writing Studies?

--Fifty years on, what did “Teach Writing” get right? What did it get wrong? What did it miss?

--Should “Teach Writing” continue to be taught to new generations of Writing Studies professionals? Why or why not?

If interested, please send a brief query with your proposal, no more than 100-200 words, to Dr. Michael Michaud (mmic...@ric.edu) by March 1, 2021.

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Thank you. 

Dr. Michael J. Michaud
Professor of English
Chair, Writing Board
Rhode Island College

Craig Lee 170
600 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Providence, RI 02908

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