College Composition & Communication - Volume 65, Issue 3, 2014

Only once in the Bible is Jesus represented as writing. This essay focuses on that brief, intriguing episode (John 7.53–8.11) to explore the rhetorical power of writing as apublic performance, the interplay of orality and literacy, the relationship of writing to reflection, and the rhetoric of silence.

This essay argues that multiculturalism-inflected composition classrooms often “flatten” or efface radical alterities with which students—and teachers—should be encouraged to grapple. The authors demonstrate some of the limitations of such pedagogies, offer examples of provocative texts that celebrate difference—not identity—as a powerful critical and compositional tool for exploring subjectivity and justice, and call for a shift toward acknowledging our potential incommensurability and unknowability as a fruitful way to engage issues of social justice.

The Exemplar Award is presented to a person who has served or serves as an exemplar of our organization, representing the highest ideals of scholarship, teaching, and service to the entire profession. This is a written version of the acceptance speech that Keith Gilyard gave at the CCCC Convention in Las Vegas on March 15.

Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality Elizabeth A. Armstrong and Laura T. Hamilton

Inside the College Gates: How Class and Culture Matter in Higher Education Jenny M. Stuber

Going North, Thinking West: The Intersections of Social Class, Critical Thinking, and Politicized Writing Instruction Irvin Peckham

Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education Mike Rose

The Persistence and Complications of Class Sharon Mitchler

The Unseen Weight of Class Bradley Dilger

When Institutions and Education Reproduce Social Class Inequities: What Else Factors In? Or, The Problem of Stinky Skin Sue Hum

For Whom Does It Profit? Lisa Mahle-Grisez

Writing Assessment in the 21st Century: Essays in Honor of Edward M. White Norbert Elliot and Les Perelman, eds.

Race and Writing Assessment Asao B. Inoue and Mya Poe, eds.

Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies Michael R. Neal

Digital Writing: Assessment and Evaluation Heidi A. McKee and Danielle Nicole DeVoss, eds.