Introduction

Part I Theorizing Our Writing Programs

Ideology, Theory, and the Genre of Writing Programs

Breaking Hierarchies: Using Reflective Practice to Re-Construct the Role of the Writing Program Administrator

Writing Programs as Phenomenological Communities

On the Road to (Documentary) Reality: Capturing the Intellectual and Political Process of Writing Program Administration

The Writing Program Administrator and the Challenge of Textbooks and Theory

Reexamining the Theory-Practice Binary in the Work of Writing Program Administrators

Part II Theorizing Writing Program Administration

Administration as Emergence: Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Writing Program Administration

Beyond Postmodernism: Leadership Theories and Writing Program Administration

Theorizing Ethical Issues in Writing Program Administration

Program Administrators as/and Postmodern Planners: Frameworks for Making Tomorrow's Writing Space

Opportunities for Consilience: Toward a Networked-Based Model for Writing Program Administration

Writhing Across the Curriculum: Contemplating Auteurism and Creativity in Writing Program Direction

Reconsidering and Assessing the Work of Writing Program Administrators

Developing Practice Theories Through Collaborative Research: Implications for WPA Scholarship

Theorizing Writing Program Theorizing

About the Authors