Mark A. James on Learning Transfer

Mark Andrew James, a colleague of mine at ASU, just published yet another study of learning transfer. The article, "'Far' transfer of learning outcomes from an ESL writing course: Can the gap be bridged?" appears in the most recent issue of the Journal of Second Language Writing.

Mark is also serving as the Associate Chair of the 2009 Symposium on Second Language Writing to be held in November at ASU.

Congratulations, Mark!

Django Paris

Django Paris, a colleague of mine in the English Department at ASU, is the recipient of Mary Catherine Ellwein Outstanding Dissertation Award for Qualitative Research Methodology from American Educational Research Association (AERA). He will receive the award and present his talk at the AERA in San Diego in April.

He is also one of the finalists for the Spencer Foundation Exemplary Dissertation Award.

His dissertation is entitled "'Our Culture': Difference, Division, and Unity in Multiethnic Youth Space."

Congratulations, Django! Way to go!

The Future of Graduate Education in Computers and Writing

Patricia Webb Boyd and Peter Goggin, my colleagues in the English Department at ASU, are the editor of the special issue of Computers and Composition (26.1: 2009) that focuses on the future of graduate education in computers and writing.

The issue is now available online:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6537-2009-999739998-934086

Congratulations, Tricia and Peter!