Council of Writing Program Administrators

WPA: Writing Program Administration
Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators

Managing Editors (2007): Deirdre Pettipiece and Timothy Ray.

WPA: Writing Program Administration publishes articles and essays concerning the organization, administration, practices, and aims of college and university writing programs. Possible topics include the education and support of writing teachers; the intellectual and administrative work of WPAs; the situation of writing programs, within both academic institutions and broader contexts; the programmatic implications of current theories, technologies, and research; relationships between WPAs and other administrators, between writing and other academic programs, and among high school, two-year, and four-year college writing programs; placement; assessment; and the professional status of WPAs. The journal is published twice per year: fall/winter and spring. To subscribe, join WPA.

The Managing Editors can be reached for submissions and queries at wpajournal@gmail.com) ).

Authors' Guidlelines

The length of submissions should be approximately 2,000 to 5,000 words, although the journal occasionally will publish shorter or longer pieces when the subject matter warrants. Articles should be suitably documented using the current MLA Style Manual. For citations of Internet resources, use the Columbia Guide to Online Style. Please double-check all citations.

Manuscripts may be submitted for future issues in Word (preferred) or RTF format as email attachments. Tables should be saved in the program in which they were produced; authors should indicate program type in their correspondence with the editors. Illustrations should be submitted in electronic (tif) format. Authors are responsible for seeking and securing permissions to use images that they did not create on their own. Manuscripts which do not conform to the submission guidelines will be returned to authors.

Submissions are anonymously reviewed by the Editorial Board. The editors will respond within three months after the receipt of the submission.

Authors of manuscripts selected for publication will also be asked to submit a 100-word biography for inclusion in the “Contributors” section of the journal.

 

Former Editorial Team

If you need to contact any member of the former editorial team (2004 - 2006), they are

Gregory Glau
Co-Editor, WPA
Dept. of English
PO Box 870302
Tempe , AZ 85287-0302
Email: gglau@asu.edu

Managing Editors Gregory Glau, Arizona State University, Tempe gglau@asu.edu Barry Maid, Arizona State University East barry.maid@asu.edu Duane Roen, Arizona State University, Tempe duane.roen@asu.edu
Advertising Susan K. Miller Mesa Community College skmiller@mail.mc.maricopa.edu	Production Editor Barry Maid Arizona State University East barry.maid@asu.edu