Matsuda – The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition

Matsuda, Paul Kei. “The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity in U.S. College Composition.” Cross-Language Relations in Composition. Eds. Horner, Bruce, Min-Zhan Lu and Paul Key Matsuda. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. 81-96. Print. Matsuda begins by identifying a problem:  While Horner & Trimbur’s work on monolingualism demonstrated that the dominant move in English writing/composition is to move the student... Read More

Horner – Redefining Work and Value for WPA

Horner, Bruce. “Redefining Work and Value for Writing Program Administration.” JAC 27.1‐2 (2007): 163‐184. Horner states early on that he will be considering the “problematic” ways that composition is defined and valued in WPA discourse as well as in the discourse of “unionism” that responds to the WPA discourse.  H. believes that the claims WPA discourse makes for its value actually hurt WPA and composition.  H. argues... Read More

Horner et.al. – Language Difference in Writing: Towards a Translingual Approach

Horner, Bruce, et al. “Language Difference in Writing: Towards a Translingual Approach.” College English 73 3 (2011): 299-317. Print. Abstract (from CE): Arguing against the emphasis of traditional U.S. composition classes on linguistically homogeneous situations, the authors contend that this focus is at odds with actual language use today. They call for a translingual approach, which they define as seeing difference in language not... Read More

CCR691 – Ethnography Ch. 2 Horner – For Comment

Horner, Bruce. “Critical Ethnography, Ethics, and Work:  Rearticulating Labor.” Ethnography Unbound:  From Theory Shock to Critical Praxis. Ed. Stephen Gilbert Brown. Albany: SUNY Press, 2004. 13-34. Main Claims/Executive Summary In this chapter Horner advances the argument that critical ethnography’s approach to collaboration, multivocality, and self-reflexivity have been steps in the right direction to distance ethnography from... Read More