The Writing Program Administrator's Resource: A Guide to Reflective Institutional Practice Book

	Foreword
	Introduction
1	Turtles All the Way Down: Educating Academic Leaders	3
2	Politics and the WPA: Traveling Through and Past Realms of Expertise	41
3	Reflexive Professional Development: Getting Disciplined in Writing Program Administration	59
4	Certifying the Knowledge of WPAs	71
5	Writing Program Administration Internships	89
6	Teaching a Graduate Course in Writing Program Administration	101
7	Moving Up the Administrative Ladder	113
8	Writing Program Administration as Preparation for an Administrative Career	125
9	Legal Considerations for Writing Program Administrators	137
10	Applying Ethics: A Decision-Making Heuristic for Writing Program Administrators	155
11	The WPA and the Politics of LitComp	165
12	Part-Time/Adjunct Issues: Working Toward Change	181
13	Making Learning Visible: A Rhetorical Stance on General Education	203
14	How the Professional Lives of WPAs Would Change if FYC Were Elective	219
15	Figuring It Out: Writing Programs in the Context of University Budgets	233
16	Collaborative Administration	253
17	Placement Issues	263
18	The WPA as Researcher and Archivist	275
19	Hard Work and Hard Data: Using Statistics to Help Your Program	291
20	Reflection, Assessment, and Articulation: A Rhetoric of Writing Program Administration	303
21	Expanding the Community: A Comprehensive Look at Outreach and Articulation	315
22	Contrapower Harassment in Program Administration: Establishing Teacher Authority	331
23	Writing Program Administration and Instructional Computing	341
24	Writing Centers, Writing Programs, and WPAs: Roles by Any Other Names?	377
25	The GTA Experience: Grounding, Practicing, Evaluating, and Reflecting	393
26	GAT Training in Collaborative Teaching at the University of Arizona	411
27	This Site Under Construction: Negotiating Space for WPA Work in the Community College	429
28	Writing Across the Curriculum	439
29	More Than a Room of Our Own: Building an Independent Department of Writing	453
30	Issues in Writing Program Administration: A Select Annotated Bibliography	467
App. A	Portland Resolution	491
App. B	Evaluating the Intellectual Work of Writing Administration	499
App. C	WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition	519
	Author Index	523
	Subject Index	531