Basic Writing and Disciplinary Maturation: How Chance Conversations Continue to Shape The Field

Abstract

Bernardino. He has authored 100+ articles and book chapters; five textbooks; and books including Teaching and Assessing Writing; Developing Successful College Writing Programs; and Very Like a Whale: The Assessment of Writing Programs. He was awarded the 2011 CCCC Exemplar Award. William DeGenaro is Professor of Composition and Rhetoric and Director of the Writing Program at the University of Michigan Dearborn. His research interests include basic writing, service learning, and working-class studies. He is a past Fulbright Scholar to Beirut, Lebanon, and has served on the nominating and executive committees of CCCC.

Writing as a Human Activity: Implications and Applications of the Work of Charles Bazerman

“…Other researchers have looked at chance in the career development of female university graduates, non-professional workers, students, and workers and professionals in career transitions (comprehensively reviewed in Rice, 2014). More closely aligned with our study, we find some published research in the areas of career development (e.g., Bright et al, 2009;Kindsiko & Baruch, 2019;Mitchell et al, 1999;Rice, 2014), and rhetoric, writing, and literacy research (e.g., Mohammed & Boyd, 2010;White & DeGenero, 2016;Goggin & Goggin, 2016).…”

“…The use of 'counterfactual thinking' when dealing with failures and barriers 10 Levels of general optimism * The number and letter designations were used as an analysis coding scheme (Collected from inter alia: Bandura, 1982;Cabral & Salomone, 1990;Mitchell et al, 1999;Wiseman, 2003). White and DeGenero (2016) provide the structural model for the case study portion of our paper. They use case studies of individuals reporting on their chance encounters and fortuitous events which led to career and discipline changing moments.…”