This presentation by Cynthia Selfe was part of a discussion panel at the 2010 Conference on College Composition and Communication in Louisville, Kentucky. Eight distinguished scholars from the fields of Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies participated in the panel. Panelists included: Rebecca Rickly, Anne Ruggles Gere, Cynthia Selfe, Michael Palmquist, Nancy Sommers, Kathleen Blake Yancey, and Sondra Perl.
1) Study "with" rather than "about" your subject.
2) No opinion-editorials about teaching college.
3) What's the role of writing in community colleges?
4) According to Stanley Fish, writing teachers themselves cannot write and so do not and cannot teach writing.
5) Have students practice the op-ed genre to have them find their voice.
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