Written for writing program administrators (WPAs), this book is situated within recent academic conversations on the public engagement movement in higher education, public discourse and civil rhetoric, and the service-learning movement in higher education and how university writing programs have contributed to it. Contributors are writing program administrators and faculty; some chapters offer a broad conceptual focus, while others are more focused on particular programs or courses. Specific topics include the WPA as activist, the Arkansas Delta Oral History Project, how WPA roles can inform program-specific writing designs, and writing programs' roles in advocating public scholarship. The book concludes with a bibliographic essay. Rose is director of writing programs at Arizona State University and teaches graduate courses in writing program administration. Weiser teaches graduate and undergraduate English courses at Purdue University. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
