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Stephen Acabado (University of California, Los Angeles)

Koh Keng We (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Christine Beaule (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)

Laura Matthew (Marquette University)

Martin Gibbs (University of New England, Armidale, Australia)

Sara Gonzalez (University of Washington)

Steven W. Hackel (University of California, Riverside)

Stacie M. King (Indiana University)

Rafael de Bivar Marquese (University of São Paulo, Brazil)

Lee Panich (Santa Clara University)

Christopher R. DeCorse (University of Syracuse)

Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Christopher Rodning (Tulane University)

Lynette Russell (Monash University, Australia)

Natalie Swanepoel (University of South Africa)

Juliet Wiersema (University of Texas, San Antonio)


The University Press of Colorado is accepting manuscripts for publication in our Global Colonialism series, a collection of nonfiction books that investigate the effects of colonialism globally on both colonizers and the colonized. Books in the series will be selected from across a variety of fields, including archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, and history.

Conquest and colonization have characterized the human experience from the time of the emergence of state-level societies. We invite global case studies, from the earliest known examples in antiquity to the current day, as well as more synthetic works that study the ties between areas connected by colonialism. Books in this series should study colonial processes at a local level, while also examining how these processes connect to larger spheres and themes.

All proposals for the this series should follow the press submission guidelines, and submission will be evaluated by the press acquisitions staff, the series editors and/or editorial board, as well as outside experts.

If you would like to make a donation to support future titles in the Global Colonialism series, please click here.

A Field of Dreams

Independent Writing Programs and the Future of Composition Studies

Peggy O'Neill

Peggy O'Neill, associate professor of writing, directs the composition program and teaches writing in the Department of Writing at Loyola University, Maryland. Her scholarship focuses on writing assessment, pedagogy, and program administration and the disciplinarity of composition. Her work appears in journals such as the Journal of Writing Assessment and College Composition and Communication, as well as in several edited collections. She has edited or co-edited four books, most recently Blurring Boundaries: Developing Writers, Researchers and Teachers (Hampton Press 2007) and, with Brian Huot, Assessing Writing: A Critical Sourcebook (Bedford St. Martin's / NCTE 2008).

Reframing Writing Assessment

to Improve Teaching and Learning

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