Joseph D Harris, Associate Professor of English and Thompson Writing and Director, Thompson Writing Program

Typical Courses Taught:

• English 391, Writing pedagogies (mat program)
  
• english 173s, Special topics: dead poets and wonder boys: teaching and learning in ficiton and film Synopsis
  
• Writing 20, Academic writing: lost in the supermarket: writing cultural criticism Synopsis
  
• writing 20, Academic writing:reframing the 2004 election: metaphors and media Synopsis
  

• Ph.D., New York University, 1986
• M.A., New York University, 1982
• B.A., Haverford College, 1979

Research Interests:
Teaching Writing, History of Composition, Images of Teaching in Fiction and Film
I have centered my career on teaching academic writing and directing college writing programs. In my book, _A Teaching Subject: Composition Since 1996_, I trace the recent history of how writing has been taught in US colleges, and I have also written a series of articles arguing for more support for the work of students and teachers of writing. My most recent book, _Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts_, offers students a set of strategies for making strong use of the work of other writers in their own prose. And I am currently at work on a book project looking at how the teaching of writing has been portrayed in fiction and film.

Curriculum Vitae

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

•  A Teaching Subject: Composition Since 1966.  Utah State University Press, 2012 . [PDF] [abs] [author's comments]
• with John D. Miles, and Charles Paine, eds. Teaching with Student Texts: Essays Toward an Informed Practice.  Utah State University Press, 2010 .  [abs] [author's comments]
•  Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts.  Utah State University Press, 2006 . [PDF] [abs] [author's comments]
• "Workshop and Seminar." Teaching with Student Texts  (2010): 145-57.  [author's comments]
• Joseph Harris. "Reading Joe Malkovich." Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Criticism, Theory, and Pedagogy .57 (Fall, 2009): 134-44. [PDF] [author's comments]
• "Revision as a Critical Practice." College English 65.6 (July, 2003): 577-92. [PDF] [author's comments]
• "Deja Vu All Over Again." CCC 57 (February, 2006): 535-42. [PDF] [abs]
• "Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Class Consciousness in Composition." CCC 52 (Sept. 2000): 43-68. [PDF] [author's comments]
• "Undisciplined Writing." Delivering Composition  (2006): 155-67. [PDF] [abs]
• "Behind Blue Eyes: A Response to Marc Bousquet." JAC 22 (Fall, 2002): 891-99.  [author's comments]