Contents Foreword Sandra Jamieson vii Introduction Jim Nugent 1 Part i: Writing dePartMents 1 DePaul University’s Major in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Darsie Bowden 11 2 Reshaping the BA in Professional and Technical Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Barbara L’Eplattenier and George H. Jensen 22 3 The University of Rhode Island’s Major in Writing and Rhetoric Libby Miles, Kim Hensley Owens, and Michael Pennell 36 4 Reforming and Transforming Writing in the Liberal Arts Context: The Writing Department at Loyola University Maryland Peggy O’Neill and Barbara Mallonee 47 5 Fifteen Years Strong: The Department of Writing at the University of Central Arkansas Carey E. Smitherman, Lisa Mongno, and Scott Payne 62 6 Oakland University’s Major in Writing and Rhetoric Lori Ostergaard, Greg Giberson, and Jim Nugent 73 7 Embracing the Humanities: Expanding a Technical Communication Program at the University of Wisconsin–Stout Matthew Livesey and Julie Watts 85 8 Building a Writing Major at Metropolitan State University: Shaping a Program to Meet Students Where They Are Laura McCartan and Victoria Sadler 98 9 Writers among Engineers and Scientists: New Mexico Tech’s Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication Julie Dyke Ford, Julianne Newmark, and Rosário Durão 106