Parlor Press:Writing Program Administration

Parlor Press Series

Writing Program Administration

Editors
Susan H. McLeod
Margot Soven

Series Launch: 10 July 2008

Prospectus Guidelines

WPA Books of Interest

The Promise and Perils of Writing Program Administration
Edited by Theresa Enos and Shane Borrowman (2008)

Untenured Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics
Edited by Debra Frank Dew and Alice Horning (2007)

Writing Program Administration
Susan H. McLeod (2007)

Composing a Community:
A History of Writing Across the Curriculum
Edited by Susan H. McLeod and Margot Iris Soven (2006)

Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and the Formation of a Discipline * Winner, 2004-2005 WPA Best Book Award
Edited by Barbara L’Eplattenier and Lisa Mastrangelo

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Writing Program Administration

Series Editors
Susan H. McLeod
University of California, Santa Barbara

Margot Soven
La Salle University

In the past few decades writing program administration has emerged as a field of inquiry, a field with its own national organization, journal, and conference. The Writing Program Administration series provides a venue for scholarly monographs and projects that are research or theory-based and that provide insights into important issues in the field. We encourage submissions that examine the work of writing program administration, broadly defined (e.g., not just administration of first-year composition programs). Possible topics include but are not limited to:

Historical studies of writing program administration or administrators (archival work is particularly encouraged)
Studies evaluating the relevance of theories developed in other fields (e.g., management, sustainability, organizational theory)
Studies of particular personnel issues (e.g., unionization, use of adjunct faculty)
Research on developing and articulating curricula Studies of assessment and accountability issues for WPAs
Examinations of the politics of writing program administration WPA work at the community college

Submission and Contact Information

Queries should be directed to:

Susan H. McLeod, University of California, Santa Barbara

Margot Soven, La Salle University

For complete submission guidelines, see

http://www.parlorpress.com/submissions.html

Your proposal should outline the rationale and projected audience for the book and its relation to other books in the field; include the book's table of contents or a chapter outline, the estimated length and the timetable for completion, and the introduction and a sample chapter. Please also send the c.v. of the author or editor.

Parlor Press is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats, including Acrobat eBook and Night Kitchen (TK3). For additional submission information or to find out about Parlor Press publications visit the website, http://www.parlorpress.com, write to Parlor Press, 816 Robinson St., West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, or e-mail David Blakesley <editor@parlorpress.com>. 765.409.2649.

Submissions . . .

Parlor Press accepts quality submissions for publication consideration. Submissions are peer-reviewed by experts in the subject area. Please review our submission guidelines for complete details.