Blogging the writing major with Mary

Mary Gallagher (hi, Mary) is going to be one of the first graduates of our Writing Major at SU. Mary and I have the great opportunity this semester to do an independent study together about the growing scholarship on writing majors in Rhetoric/Comp. Along the way, Mary and I are also discussing how writing majors and Writing Centers can be "sites of social action" for students. Mary has been active in the Writing Center for three years, so much of her view of the department and our curriculum is shaped by that experience. Mary will also help us plan an event to welcome our Writing majors and introduce them to all of the faculty. That should be really fun.

We are going to be reading the special issue of Composition Studies on the Writing Major together over the next couple of weeks and blogging our responses.