HomeResearch SeminarsCritical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer Project Showcase Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionCritical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer About the Seminar Seminar Leaders Accepted Participants Project Showcase Elon Statement on Writing Transfer 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, Linda, Irene Clark, Liane Robertson, Kara 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 Jensen, Gitte Wichmann-Hansen, Ketevan Kupatadze, and 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, Dana, Ed Jones, Carol Hayes, Gwen 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 andthe 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. 2012Yancey, Kathleen Blake, Robertson, Liane, and Taczak, Kara. Writing across Contexts: Transfer, Composition, and Sites of Writing. Utah State UP, 2014. 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