Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths

by Inman; James A.

• ISBN13: 9780805845884
• ISBN10: 0805845887
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

In scholarship about technology and English studies, there are a number of first-person narratives that suggest what may be termed "traditional" professional paths. That is, they chronicle the positive influence of a particular technology, class, professor, or publication, and suggest that it inspired a distinct and rewarding professional path. What is missing is the rest of the story--alternate ways that individuals have come to do work in technology and English studies and analysis of what this means for paths others might pursue. Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths meets this need. The volume begins with definitions of its three central terms: technology, English Studies, and professional paths. Chapters are organized in four sections, reflecting both a chronological progression and thematic professional development: "The Past as the Future"; "Searching the Academy"; "Pushing Boundaries"; and "Forging Beyond." As a forerunner in addressing professionalization across the domains that comprise technology and English studies, it will prove foundational for many readers with non-traditional or otherwise alternate backgrounds who are working out what professional paths might be available to them. Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths is an important professional development resource for professors, instructors, and graduate students across the field of English studies, including rhetoric and composition, computers and writing, computer-assisted language learning, literary and linguistic computing, literary studies, English education, technical communication, linguistics, writing centers, second-language education/ESL, and creative writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part One: The Past as the Future
Chapter 1 Democracy, Real Work, and Falling in Love With the Net	3	(12)
Eric S. Rabkin
Chapter 2 Chip off the Old Board	15	(14)
Nelson Hilton
Chapter 3 Circe's Mirror: Professing Liminality	29	(18)
Wendy Morgan
Chapter 4 All About...Eclecticism as a Professional Path to English Studies	47	(16)
John F. Barber
Part Two: Searching the Academy
Chapter 5 The Importance of Belief	63	(12)
Joanna Castner
Chapter 6 Moving in From the Periphery: Exploring the Disciplinary Labyrinth	75	(16)
Douglas Eyman
Chapter 7 From Darkness to Light: Struggling With the Tenure-Track	91	(14)
Keith Dorwick
Chapter 8 On Chance and Change and the Paths on Which They Take Us	105	(12)
Dene Grigar
Part Three: Pushing Boundaries
Chapter 9 Taking Risks: How to Keep the Juices Flowing	117	(14)
Pamela B. Childers
Chapter 10 Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Constructing Professional Interest Over and Against Resistance to Innovation	131	(12)
Jude Edminster
Chapter 11 Becoming an Accessibility Researcher: A Memoir	143	(20)
John M. Slatin
Chapter 12 Networking the Nile: Technology and Professional Development in Egypt	163	(12)
Mark Warschauer
Part Four: Forging Beyond
Chapter 13 A Long Strange Trip: Finding Humanism in the Modern Wired Library	175	(16)
James Elmborg
Chapter 14 My Freelance Life: Curiosity Versus Professionalization	191	(12)
Diane Greco
Chapter 15 Interdependency: Building Relationships Between the Academy and the Private Sector	203	(16)
Beth L. Hewett
Chapter 16 Answers To Questions I Have Been Asked: A Technomadic Journey	219	(18)
Mark Amerika
References	237	(8)
Author Index	245	(4)
Subject Index	249