Burnin' Daylight: Building a Principle-Driven Writing Program

Dippre, Ryan J.

ISBN 10: 1646426401 / ISBN 13: 9781646426409

Published by Utah State University Press, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burnin' Daylight: Building a Principle-Driven Writing Program
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646426401
• ISBN 13: 9781646426409
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Rooted in contemporary understandings of social action, informed by up-to-date research on writing program administration, and attentive to the needs of value-driven decision-making, Burnin’ Daylight enables writing program administrators (WPAs) to shape writing programs that help people create the lives they envision. This book guides WPAs through the rough terrain of running a writing program during a period of sustained social and economic upheaval—and through the process of making their programs more principle-driven and sustainable along the way.

WPAs face a range of challenges on a regular basis: organizing class schedules, leading professional learning events, conducting program assessments, responding to student needs, meeting with deans and provosts, and more. Additionally, WPAs need to learn about and direct their programs strategically when considering the kind of program they currently have, the sort of program they envision, and how they can transition from one to another. Burnin’ Daylight acts as a roadmap for IRB-approved research and provides WPAs—specifically, new and returning WPAs—with a detailed yet flexible plan for understanding the inner workings of a writing program and how to develop a future trajectory for it.

Burnin’ Daylight is for writing program administrators of all experience levels and other administrators interested in taking a “principled practices” approach to their work.

About the Author

Ryan J. Dippre is associate professor of English and director of College Composition at the University of Maine. He is cochair of the Writing through the Lifespan Collaboration and coeditor of the Lifespan Writing Research book series at the WAC Clearinghouse. His research focuses on writing program administration, writing through the lifespan, and the teaching of writing.