Beyond the Frontier, Volume II: Innovations in First-Year Composition (Beyond the Frontier: Innovations in First-Year Composition)

This collection of essays is a compilation of the latest research in first-year composition, including pedagogy, praxis, debate, and assessment. Originally begun as a collection of panel presentations from the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association annual conference, it has since evolved to include innovative pedagogy regardless of presentation status. The book is divided into presentation “panels,” in order to present the reader with innovative pedagogy and thought-provoking conversations concerning the first-year classroom, assessment, and pedagogy. It will benefit anyone who studies or engages with first-year composition, including graduate students, instructors, and administration.

Jill Dahlman is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Alabama. She is a contributor to Comics and the Punk Aesthetic, and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii. She is an editorial board member for the Rocky Mountain Review, the peer-reviewed journal of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, and is the media editor for Composition Forum. Tammy Winner is an Associate Professor of English and the Program Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Writing at the University of North Alabama. She earned her doctorate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and has since taught at Coastal Carolina University, the University of Puerto Rico and the University of the Bahamas. Her research interests include first-year composition, multimodality, literacy and e-literacy, online learning, peaceful pedagogies and experiential learning.