News & Features
Soundbites from Dialogues with Michael Spooner, Part I: A Happened, Happening, Then Retrospective on a Career in Publishing, Writing, Reading, and Responding
November 16th 2017
The editors of Writing Center Journal honor Michael Spooner’s work with writing center scholars on the occasion of his retirement from Utah State Univ
Tools for Surviving in a Post-Truth World
November 6th 2017
In this age of social media, data leaks, and “fake news,” thoroughly researched, peer-reviewed, and accessible university press scholarship is more im
A Poem from the Award-Winning Instead of Dying
October 31st 2017
A poem from Lauren Haldeman's new volume of poetry, Instead of Dying.
The Disappearing Record of the Classic Maya
October 24th 2017
The remains of the past are a nonrenewable resource worthy of preservation and investigation, regardless of their size, complexity, or sophistication
How Vulnerable Are We to Collapse?
October 17th 2017
Archaeologists are plumbing the human experience to find out how various societies have responded to changes in climate, shifts in food resources, and
The Triage of Truth: Do Not Take Expert Opinion Lying Down
October 10th 2017
The so-called Information Age is too often a Misinformation Age . . .
Should We Worry that Half of Americans Trust Their Gut to Tell Them What's True?
October 3rd 2017
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the facts?
Beautiful Flesh
September 21st 2017
Things your pancreas does not like: Vienna sausages, Round-Up weed killer, Coors six-packs, ten-dollar boxes of Inglenook, gasoline, aspirin . . .
Why the Famous Folsom Point Isn’t a Smoking Gun
September 19th 2017
It turns out that the story of the iconic Folsom Point is more complex than researchers initially believed.
Supporting Student Success in Online Classes
September 12th 2017
What can we do to ensure the success of students who take courses online?
Education Isn't a Commodity for Labor
September 5th 2017
Education should amount to much more than churning out a workforce.
The Futures of College Writing: Part II
August 29th 2017
Three further questions about what college writing should look like in coming years.
The Futures of College Writing: Part I
August 22nd 2017
“College Writing” is a vast terrain, of course, potentially encompassing all writing that happens anywhere in college. . .
Five Hundred Words on Composition
August 15th 2017
We all too often end up doing what dominant culture has already defined for us as different . . .
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