Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805845895 ISBN 13: 9780805845891

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

In scholarship about technology and English studies, there are a number of first-person narratives that suggest what may be termed "traditional" professional paths. That is, they chronicle the positive influence of a particular technology, class, professor, or publication, and suggest that it inspired a distinct and rewarding professional path. What is missing is the rest of the story--alternate ways that individuals have come to do work in technology and English studies and analysis of what this means for paths others might pursue. Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths meets this need.

The volume begins with definitions of its three central terms: technology, English Studies, and professional paths. Chapters are organized in four sections, reflecting both a chronological progression and thematic professional development: "The Past as the Future"; "Searching the Academy"; "Pushing Boundaries"; and "Forging Beyond." As a forerunner in addressing professionalization across the domains that comprise technology and English studies, it will prove foundational for many readers with non-traditional or otherwise alternate backgrounds who are working out what professional paths might be available to them.

Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths is an important professional development resource for professors, instructors, and graduate students across the field of English studies, including rhetoric and composition, computers and writing, computer-assisted language learning, literary and linguistic computing, literary studies, English education, technical communication, linguistics, writing centers, second-language education/ESL, and creative writing.

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About the Author

James A. Inman (Edited by) ,  Beth L. Hewett (Edited by)

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805845895
• ISBN 13: 9780805845891
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: James A. Inman, Beth L. Hewett