Although the WPA's contribution to writing faculty development and curriculum development is widely recognized, less well-known is the important role research plays. The aim of this collection is to develop that understanding as well as help others identify additional opportunities for significant intellectual work.
Introduction WPA Inquiry in Action and Reflection v Shirley K Rose Irwin Weiser Part I: Writing Program Administrators Inquiry in Action Diverse Research Methodologies at Work for Diverse Audiences: Shaping the Writing Center to the Institution 1(17) Muriel Harris Research (Im)Possibilities: Feminist Methods and WPA Inquiry 18(10) Julia Ferganchick-Neufang Conflicts Between Teaching and Assessing Writing: Using Program-Based Research to Resolve Pedagogical and Ethical Dilemmas 28(12) Betty Bamberg Outcomes Assessment Research as a Teaching Tool 40(12) Wanda Martin The Contributions of Sociolinguistic Profiling and Constituents Expectations to Writing Program Evaluation 52(13) Mark Schaub After the Practicum: Assessing Teacher Preparation Programs 65(16) Sarah Liggett Reflective Essays, Curriculum, and the Scholarship of Administration: Notes Toward Administrative Scholarly Work 81(14) Kathleen Blake Yancey Meg Morgan Local Research and Curriculum Development: Using Surveys to Learn About Writing Assignments in the DIsciplines 95(12) Irwin Weiser Part II: Writing Program Administrators Inquiry in Reflection Preserving Our Histories of Institutional Change: Enabling Research in the Writing Program Archives 107(12) Shirley K Rose WPAs as Historians: Discovering a First-Year Writing Program by Researching Its Past 119(12) Ruth M. Mirtz Finding Ourselves in the Past: An Argument for Historical Work on WPAs 131(10) Barbara L Eplattenier Subject to Interpretation: The Role of Research in Writing Programs and Its Relationship to the Politics of Administration in Higher Education 141(12) Chris M. Anson Robert L. Brown, Jr. ``Seeing the WPA With/Through Postmodern Mapping 153(15) Tim Peeples Telling a Writing Program Its Own Story: A Tenth-Anniversary Speech 168(17) Louise Wetherbee Phelps About the Contributors 185
