From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Practical Guide

Greene, Stuart; Lidinsky, April

ISBN 10: 1457661691 / ISBN 13: 9781457661693

Published by Bedford/St. Martin's, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Practical Guide
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1457661691
• ISBN 13: 9781457661693
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

First-year college students are challenged by academic culture and its ways of reading, thinking, and writing that are new to them.Composition instructors are equally challenged by having to introduce, explain, and justify academic methods and conventions to students. From Inquiry to Academic Writing aids both students and teachers with a practical and now widely proven step-by-step approach that effectively demystifies cross-curricular thinking and writing.　

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About the Author

Stuart Greene received his Ph.D. in English from Carnegie Mellon in English. He is associate professor of English with a joint appointment in Africana Studies at Notre Dame. His research has focused on the intersections of race, poverty, and achievement in public schools. This work has led to the publication of his co-edited volume,Making Race Visible: Literacy Research for Racial Understanding (Teachers College Press, 2003), for which he won the National Council of Teachers of English Richard A. Meade Award in 2005. He also editedLiteracy as a Civil Right (Peter Lang, 2008) and co-edited Bedtime Stories and Book Reports: Connecting Parent Involvement and Family (Teachers College Press, 2010) with Cathy Compton-Lilly. His current book isRace, Community, and Urban Schools: Partnering with African American Families (Teachers College Press, 2013).

April Lidinsky (PhD, Literatures in English, Rutgers) is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Indiana University South Bend. She has published and delivered numerous conference papers on writing pedagogy, women's autobiography, creative nonfiction, and film, and has contributed to several textbooks on writing. She has served as acting director of the University Writing Program at Notre Dame and has won several awards for her teaching and research.