We are pleased to showcase Elon Research Seminar on Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer participants’ publications and presentations related to their seminar projects:

  • Adler-Kassner, Linda, and Elizabeth Wardle. Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. Logan: Utah State UP, 2015.
  • Adler-Kassner, Linda. “Liberal Learning, Professional Training, and Disciplinarity in the Age of Educational ‘Reform’: Remodeling General Education.” College English, 76.5 (May 2014): 436-457.
  • Adler-Kassner, Linda, John Majewski, and Damian Koshnick. “The Value of Troublesome Knowledge: Transfer and Threshold Concepts in Writing and History.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Adler-Kassner, Linda and John Majewski. “Concurrent Contexts: Students, Their Instructors, and Threshold Concepts.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. 22 March 2012.
  • Adler-Kassner, LindaIrene ClarkLiane RobertsonKara Taczak, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. (2016). Assembling Knowledge: The Role of Threshold Concepts In Facilitating Transfer. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 17-48). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Anson, Chris. “Current Research on Writing Transfer.” National Council of Teachers of English Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. 16 November 2012.
  • Anson, Chris M., & Moore, Jessie L. (Eds.). (2016). Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer. Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado. Available at http://wac.colostate.edu/books/ansonmoore/
  • Blythe, Stuart. “Prompting Student Reflection Through Audio-video Journals.” CCCC Computer Connect Session presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. March 2012.
  • Blythe, Stuart. (2016). Attending To The Subject In Writing Transfer And Adaptation. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 49-68). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Boone, Stephanie, Sara Biggs Chaney, Josh Compton, Christiane Donahue, and Karen Gocsik. “Imagining a Writing and Rhetoric Program Based on Principles of Knowledge ‘Transfer’: Dartmouth’s Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Boyd, Diane E. “Bottleneck Behaviours and Student Identities: Helping Novice Writers Develop in the First Year Seminar and Beyond.” Threshold Concepts in Practice. Durham, UK. 10 July 2014.
  • Chien-Hsiung Chiu, Scott, Stacey Cozart, Ketevan Kupatadze, and Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen. “Opportunities and Challenges of Writing in a Second Language.” Writing Research Across Borders III. Paris, France. 21 February 2014.
  • Clark, Irene. “Fostering Transfer Across Writing Contexts: Genre Awareness as a Threshold Concept.” 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 12, 2014.
  • Clark, Irene. “Students’ Awareness of Genre and Rhetoric.” National Council of Teachers of English Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. 16 November 2012.
  • Clark, Irene. “Academic Writing and Transferability: Print and New Media.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Albuquerque, NM. July 2012.
  • Clark, Irene. “Rhetorical Knowledge and Genre Awareness as Gateway to Transfer.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. March 2012.
  • Clark, Irene, and Andrea Hernandez. “Genre Awareness, Academic Argument, and Transferability. The WAC Journal 22 (Nov. 2011):65-78.
  • Cozart, Stacy M., Tine Wirenfeldt JensenGitte Wichmann-HansenKetevan Kupatadzeand Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu. (2016). Negotiation Multiple Identities In Second – Or Foreign-Language Writing In Higher Education. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 303-334). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • DasBender, Gita. “Reflective Writing and Knowledge Transfer of Multilingual Students.” New Jersey College English Association (NJCEA) Conference. South Orange, NJ. 14 April 2012.
  • DasBender, Gita. “Explicit Teaching, Mindful Learning: Writing Knowledge and Skills Transfer of Multilingual Students in First-Year Writing.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. 24 March 2012.
  • DasBender, Gita. (2016). Liminal Space As A Generative Site Of Struggle: Writing Transfer And L2 Students.  In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 277-302). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Donahue, Christiane. “WAC, International Research, and ‘Transfer’: Waves of Troublesome Knowledge.” 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 12, 2014.
  • Donahue, Christiane. (2016). Writing and Global Transfer Narratives: Situating The Knowledge Transformation Conversation. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 107-137). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Driscoll, Dana Lynn.“Clashing Values: A Longitudinal, Exploratory Study of Student Beliefs about General Education, Vocationalism, and Transfer of Learning.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2.1 (2014): 21-37.
  • Driscoll, DanaEd JonesCarol HayesGwen Gorzelsky.  “Promoting Transfer through Reflection: A Cross-Institutional Study of Metacognition, Identity, and Rhetoric.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. 16 March 2013.
  • Driscoll, Dana Lynn, and Jennifer Holcomb Marie Wells. “Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Writing Transfer and the Role of Student Dispositions in and beyond the Writing Classroom.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Goldschmidt, Mary. “Teaching Writing in the Disciplines: Student Perspectives on Learning Genre.” Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2.2 (2014): 25-40.
  • Gorzelsky, Gwen, Dana Lynn Driscoll, Joe Paszek, Ed Jones, and Carol Hayes. (2016). Cultivating Constructive Metacognition: A New Taxonomy For Writing Studies. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 217-249). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Hayes, Hogan, Dana R. Ferris, and Carl Whithaus. (2016). Dynamic Transfer in First-Year Writing and “Writing In The Disciplines” Settings. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 183-216). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Hillard, Van E. “Intellectual Ethos as Transcendent Disposition.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association.” Durham, North Carolina, 11 November 2012.
  • Kane, Sandra, and Cecilia Dube. “Perspectives from a South African University on Students’ Writing Apprehension, Attitudes to Writing and Performance.” International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Savannah, GA. 9 June 2012.
  • Kupatadze, Ketevan, and Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu. “Supporting Second/Foreign Langauge Writing in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Academic Environments.” 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 14, 2014.
  • Kupatadze, Ketevan. “The Role of Students’ Attitudes Towards Foreign Language Writing and
    the Problems and Opportunities of Transfer.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association.” Durham, North Carolina, 11 November 2012.
  • McManigell Grijalva, Regina A. (2016). Minding The Gap: Writing Related Learning In/Across/With Multiple Activity Systems. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 141-162). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Moore, Jessie L. “The Elon Statement on Writing Transfer and its Implications for WAC.” 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 13, 2014.
  • Moore, Jessie L. “Mapping the Questions: The State of Writing-Related Transfer Research.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Moore, Jessie L. “Connecting Teacher-Scholars: Igniting Multi-Institutional Research through a Research Seminar.” National Council of Teachers of English Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. 16 November 2012.
  • Moore, Jessie L. “A 20×20 Introduction to Writing Transfer Research.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association.” Durham, North Carolina, 11 November 2012.
  • Moore, Jessie L. “Connecting Localities with Multi-Institutional Research.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Albuquerque, NM. 20 July 2012.
  • Qualley, Donna with Justin Ericksen, Leon Erickson, Samuel Johnson, LeAnne Laux-Bachand, Michelle Magnero, and Aimee Odens. “(Re)Aligning Expectations: Graduate Student Teachers as Agents of Integration.”  Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, Nevada. March 2013.
  • Qualley, Donna. (2016). Building A Conceptual Topography Of The Transfer Terrain. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 69-106). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Robertson, Liane, Kathleen Blake Yancey, and Kara Taczak. “Shifting Currents in Writing Instruction: Prior Knowledge and Transfer across the Curriculum.” 12th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Minneapolis, MM. June 14, 2014.
  • Robertson, Liane, Kara Taczak, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. “Notes Toward a Theory of Prior Knowledge and its Role in College Composers’ Transfer of Knowledge and Practice.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Robertson, Liane. “Connecting Content and Transfer in Teaching Writing across Contexts. South Atlantic Modern Language Association.” Durham, North Carolina, 11 November 2012.
  • Rosinski, Paula. (2016). Students’ Perspective Of The Transfer Of Rhetorical Knowledge Between Digital Self-Sponsored Writing And Academic Writing: The Importance of Authentic Contexts And Reflection. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 251-275). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Sorapure, Madeleine. “Visualizing and Analyzing Screencast Data.” Association for Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. March 2014.
  • Taczak, Kara. “The Question of Transfer.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Taczak, Kara. “The Transfer of Transfer: Moving across Institutional Contexts.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association.” Durham, North Carolina, 11 November 2012.
  • Wardle, Elizabeth. “Creative Repurposing for Expansive Learning: Considering ‘Problem-Exploring’ and ‘Answer-Getting’ Dispositions in Individuals and Fields.” Composition Forum, 26 (2012).
  • Wardle, Elizabeth, & Mercer Clement, Nicolette. (2016). Double binds and consequential transitions: Considering matters of identity during moments of rhetorical challenge. In Chris M. Anson & Jessie L. Moore (Eds.), Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer (pp. 163-181). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado.
  • Wells, Jennifer, Jones, Ed, and Driscoll, Dana. “Opening Gateways Across the Curriculum: Writing about Writing and Transfer in High School and College Courses”. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. 22 March 2012.
  • Werder, Carmen.  “Misaligned Expectations: How They Work as Agents of Disintegration.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, Nevada.  16 March 2013.
  • Wichmann-Hansen, Gitte, Stacey Cozart, Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen, and Gry Sandholm Jensen
    “Grappling with identity issues: Danish graduate student views on writing in L2 English”. The English in Europe (EiE) conference on the English language in teaching in European higher education, Copenhagen, 19 – 21 April 2013.
  • Wichmann-Hansen, Gitte, Stacey Cozart, Tine Wirenfeldt Jensen, and Gry Sandholm Jensen. “Writing in English is like being married to somebody you don’t know very well”: Postgraduate writing in L2 English. The NIC Conference on Intercultural Communication. Aarhus, Denmark. 2012
  • Yancey, Kathleen Blake, Robertson, Liane, and Taczak, Kara. Writing across Contexts: Transfer, Composition, and Sites of Writing. Utah State UP, 2014.

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