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An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing with 2020 APA Update
A Brief RhetoricSecond Edition| ©2019 Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
Valued for its clear, accessible presentation of disciplinary writing, the first edition of An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing was celebrated by adopters at two-year and four-year schools alike. With this second edition, the authors build on that proven pedagogy, offering a series of...
Valued for its clear, accessible presentation of disciplinary writing, the first edition of An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing was celebrated by adopters at two-year and four-year schools alike. With this second edition, the authors build on that proven pedagogy, offering a series of flexible, transferable frameworks and unique Insider’s video interviews with scholars and peers that helps students to adapt to the academic writing tasks of different disciplinary discourse communities - and helps instructors to teach them. New to the second edition is additional foundational support on the writing process, critical reading, and reflection, to give students stronger tools to apply to their disciplinary writing.
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Valued for its clear, accessible presentation of disciplinary writing, the first edition of An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing was celebrated by adopters at two-year and four-year schools alike. With this second edition, the authors build on that proven pedagogy, offering a series of flexible, transferable frameworks and unique Insider’s video interviews with scholars and peers that helps students to adapt to the academic writing tasks of different disciplinary discourse communities - and helps instructors to teach them. New to the second edition is additional foundational support on the writing process, critical reading, and reflection, to give students stronger tools to apply to their disciplinary writing.
An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing is based on the best practices of a first-year composition program that has trained hundreds of teachers who have instructed thousands of students. Use ISBN 978-1-319-05355-0 to get access to the online videos for free with the brief text and ISBN 978-1-319-05354-3 for the version with readings
Features
A rhetoric that prepares students for the challenges of academic and disciplinary writing. Based on the class-proven best practices of a first-year composition program with a writing-in-the-disciplines approach, An Insider’s Guide to Academic Writing offers two books in one: an innovative rhetoric of academic writing, and a thematic reader that foregrounds real readings from the disciplines.
The rhetoric takes students inside the world of higher education, academic writing, and disciplinary writing. Part One introduces the core rhetorical skills students will need to develop college level arguments, but also contextualizes those skills with a unique introduction to higher education itself.
Part Two introduces a practical, transferable three-part framework (“SLR” = “structure/ language/ reference”) for producing key genres of writing within the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and applied fields. Throughout, more than 20 model readings—most of them annotated to highlight moves of academic writing—allow students the opportunity to reflect on, respond to, and practice.
“Insider” features enliven and illuminate academic and disciplinary writing practices
- Unique “Insider’s View” sidebars and accompanying online videos in the book’s LaunchPad provide commentaries on disciplinary thinking and writing—both by scholars from across the curriculum, and by students—on how to think and write in different fields. These videos and sidebars put a face on an academic world that may be new and mysterious to students, and humanize knowledge-making processes that may seem intimidating.
- “Inside Work” activities and Writing Projects help students read, reflect on, and practice moves and genres of academic writing, from rhetorical analysis, argumentation and research papers to textual interpretation (humanities), literature review and theory response (social sciences) , research proposal and formal observation papers (sciences) to applied projects (including lesson plan, business plan, legal brief).
- Marginal annotations help student “get inside” the readings, calling out important features and prompting critical analysis from students as they read.
- Summary “Tip Sheets” at the end of chapters offer practical, easy-to-reference advice for students.
New to This Edition
A new Chapter 2, Writing Process and Reflection introduces the writing process, building a foundation of key writing skills on which to base the disciplinary approaches and conventions of later chapters. introduces and discusses the concept of a writing process Chapter 2 encourages transfer through reflection, fostering key habits of mind that will help them to approach and retain new methodologies and skills.
Nineteen lively and diverse new readings address engaging popular topics and provide full-length academic models of writing across a variety of disciplines. New selections include:
Aimee Mapes, “Amy Mapes, Two Vowels Together: On the Wonderfully Insufferable Experiences of Literacy”
Rubbal Kumar, Student Profile of a Business Professional
Michaela Bieda, “My Journey to Writing”
Critical reading support for engaging with scholarly articles has been added to one scholarly reading in each chapter of the reader, pointing out Insider moves and providing guidance for incorporating them into a student’s own writing.
Insider’s Guide is now available as a LaunchPad, which includes the full eBook, Insider videos, tutorials and practice activities, and more.
Available in the LaunchPad or for customization with your print text, three new modules showcase additional important Applied Fields: Engineering, Media, and Information Technologies. These 16-page modules address the conventions and concerns of writing in these career-focused disciplines and include key writing genres for each field, including script pages in media and a problem-solution proposal in engineering. These modules are included in the book’s LaunchPad. Speak to your sale rep about including them in a custom version of the print book.

An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing with 2020 APA Update
Second Edition| ©2019
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
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An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing with 2020 APA Update
Second Edition| 2019
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
Table of Contents
PART ONE: A GUIDE TO COLLEGE AND COLLEGE WRITING
1. Inside Colleges and Universities
What is Higher Education?
How do Colleges and Universities Differ from One Another?
Inside Work: Choosing a College
What is the Purpose of College?
Inside Work: Writing about College
What are Academic Disciplines?
How Many Different Academic Disciplines Are There?
Inside Work: Understanding Disciplinarity
Why Do Academics Write?
Insider’s View: Undergraduate Students on Academic Writing
Inside Work: Thinking about What Academics Write
How Does Writing in College Compare with Writing in Other Contexts?
Insider’s View; Karen Keaton Jackson, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Understanding the Goals of Your Writing Course
What Do You Already Know about Writing in Different Contexts?
WRITING PROJECT: Composing a Literacy Narrative
WRITING PROJECT: Interviewing a Scholar
Insider Example: Student Interview with a Faculty Member
Tip Sheet: Inside Colleges and Universities
2. Reading and Writing Rhetorically
Understanding Rhetorical Context
Insider’s View: Karen Keaton Jackson, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Identifying Rhetorical Context
Understanding Genres
Insider’s Link
Reading Rhetorically
Reading Visuals Rhetorically
Inside Work: Reading Rhetorically
Writing Rhetorically
Inside Work: Analyzing Rhetorical Context
Rhetorical Writing Processes
Insider’s View: Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris, Political Science
Insider’s View: Patrick Bahls, Mathematics
Writing a Rhetorical Analysis
George H.W. Bush, Letter to Saddam Hussein
Insider Example: Student Rhetorical Analysis
Sofia Lopez, The Multiple Audiences of George H.W. Bush’s Letter to Saddam Hussein
WRITING PROJECT: Analyzing the Rhetorical Features of a Text
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing Rhetorically
3. Developing Arguments
Understanding Proofs and Appeals
Inside Work: Writing About Arguments
Making Claims
Thesis versus Hypothesis
Developing Reasons
Inside Work: Constructing Thesis Statements
Supporting Reasons with Evidence
Insider’s View: Moriah McCracken, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Analyzing Audience Expectations
Understanding Assumptions
Inside Work: Considering Assumptions and Audience
Anticipating Counterarguments
Insider’s View: Mike Brotherton, Astronomy
Inside Work: Dealing with Counterarguments
Analyzing Arguments
Insider Example: Professional Analysis of an Advertisement
Jack Solomon, from “Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising”
Insider Example: Student Analysis of an Advertisement
Timothy Holtzhauser, Rhetoric of a 1943 War Bonds Ad
WRITING PROJECT: Composing a Rhetorical Analysis of an Advertisement
Tip Sheet: Developing Arguments
4. Academic Research
Conducting Research
Developing a Research Question
Inside Work: Writing a Research Question
Choosing Primary and Secondary Sources
Insider’s Link
Insider’s View: Moriah McCracken, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Collecting Primary Evidence
Inside Work: Using Primary and Secondary Sources
Searching for Sources
Identifying Search Terms
Inside Work: Generating Search Terms
Using Journal Databases
Searching for Journal Articles by Discipline
Evaluating Sources
Distinguishing between Scholarly and Popular Sources
Insider’s View: Jonathan Morris, Political Science
Inside Work: Evaluating Sources
Summarizing, Paraphrasing and Quoting from Sources
Summary
Paraphrase
Quotation
Inside Work: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting from Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Insider’s View: Karen Keaton Jackson, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Understanding Plagiarism
Understanding Documentation Systems
WRITING PROJECT: Writing an Annotated Bibliography
WRITING PROJECT: Developing a Supported Argument on a Controversial Issue
Insider Example: Student Researched Argument on a Controversial Issue
Ashlyn Sims, “Condom Distribution in High School”
Tip Sheet: Academic Research
PART TWO: INSIDE ACADEMIC WRITING
5. Reading and Writing in Academic Disciplines
Research in the Disciplines
Conventions of Writing in the Disciplines
Genres in the Disciplines
Insider’s View: Karen Keaton Jackson, Writing Studies
Analyzing Genres and Conventions of Academic Writing
Insider’s View: Moriah McCracken, Writing Studies
Adapting to Different Rhetorical Contexts: An Academic Writer at Work
Insider’s View: Mike Brotherton, Astronomy
Inside Work: Reflecting on a Discipline
Using Rhetorical Context to Analyze Writing for a Non-Academic Audience
Mike Brotherton, from “Hubble Space Telescope Spies Galaxy/Black Hole Evolution in Action”
Insider’s View: Mike Brotherton, Astronomy
Inside Work: Reflecting on Rhetorical Context
Using Structure, Language, and Reference to Analyze Academic Writing
M. S. Brotherton, Wil van Breughel, S. A. Stanford, R. J. Smith, B. J. Boyle, Lance Miller, T.
Shanks, S. M. Croom, and Alexie V. Filipenko, From, A Spectacular Poststarburst Quasar
Insider’s View: Mike Brotherton, Astronomy
Inside Work: Reflecting on Disciplinary Writing
WRITING PROJECT: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis of an Academic Article
WRITING PROJECT: Writing a Comparative Rhetorical Analysis
WRITING PROJECT: Comparing Scholarly and Popular Articles
Translating Scholarly Writing for Different Rhetorical Contexts
Insider Example: Student Translation of a Scholarly Article
Jonathan Nastasi, Life May Be Possible on Other Planets
WRITING PROJECT: Translating a Scholarly Article for a Public Audience
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing in Academic Disciplines
6. Reading and Writing in the Humanities
Introduction to the Humanities
Insider’s View: John McCurdy, History
Texts and Meaning
Inside Work: Thinking about Texts
Observation and Interpretation
Inside Work: Observing and Asking Questions
Research in the Humanities
Inside Work: Observing and Interpreting Images
The Role of Theory in the Humanities
Close Reading in the Humanities
Insider Example: Professional Close Reading
Dale Jacobs, “More than Words: Comics as a Means of Teaching Multiple Literacies”
Strategies for Close Reading and Observation
Kate Chopin, from “The Story of an Hour
Inside Work: Annotating a Text
Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”
Inside Work: Preparing a Content/Form-Response Grid
Responding to the Interpretations of Others
Conventions of Writing in the Humanities
Insider’s View: Shelley Garrigan, Spanish Language and Literature
Structural Conventions
Developing Research Questions and Thesis Statements
Insider’s View: Karen Keaton Jackson, Writing Studies
Inside Work: Developing Why, What, and How Questions
Developing Effective Thesis Statements
Inside Work: Drafting Thesis Statements
Five-Paragraph Essays and Other Thesis-Driven Templates
Other Structural Conventions in the Humanities
Language Conventions in the Humanities
Reference Conventions in the Humanities
Documentation
Inside Work: Analyzing Scholarly Writing in the Humanities
Genres of Writing in the Humanities
Insider’s View: Shelley Garrigan, Spanish Language and Literature
Textual Interpretation
WRITING PROJECT: Interpreting a Text
Insider Example: Student Interpretation of a Text
Sarah Ray, “ ‘Til Death Do Us Part’: An Analysis of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
Artistic Texts
WRITING PROJECT: Creating an Artistic Text
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing in the Humanities
7. Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences
Introduction to the Social Sciences
Insider’s View: Kevin Rathunde, Social Science
Inside Work: Observing Behavior
Research in the Social Sciences
The Role of Theory
Insider Example: Exploring Social Science Theory
Kalervo Oberg, from “Culture Shock: Adjustments to New Cultural Environments”
Inside Work: Tracing a Theory’s Development
Research Questions and Hypotheses
Inside Work: Developing Hypotheses
Methods
Insider’s View: Kevin Rathunde, Social Science
Quantitative Methods
Qualitative Methods
Mixed Methods
Inside Work: Considering Research Methods
The IRB Process and Use of Human Subjects
Conventions of Writing in the Social Sciences
Insider’s View: Aya Matsuda, Linguistics
Structural Conventions and IMRAD Format
Other Structural Conventions
Inside Work: Observing Structural Conventions
Language Conventions
Inside Work: Observing Language Features
Reference Conventions
Inside Work: Observing Reference Features
Genres of Writing in the Social Sciences
Insider’s View: Aya Matsuda, Linguistics
The Literature Review
Insider Example: An Embedded Literature Review
Writing a Literature Review
WRITING PROJECT: Writing a Literature Review
Insider Example: Student Literature Review
William O’Brien, “Effects of Sleep Deprivation: A Literature Review”
Theory Response Essay
WRITING PROJECT: Writing a Theory Response
Insider’s Example: Student Theory Response Paper
Matt Kapadia, “Evaluation of the Attribution Theory”
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences
8. Reading and Writing in the Natural Sciences
Introduction to the Natural Sciences
Insider’s View: Sian Proctor, Geology
Research in the Natural Sciences
Insider’s View: Page Geiger, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Inside Work: Considering a Natural Science Topic
Observation and Description in the Natural Sciences
Inside Work: Thinking about Systematic Observation in the Sciences
Moving from Description to Speculation
Inside Work: Practicing Description and Speculation
Inside Work: Developing Research Questions and a Hypothesis
Designing a Research Study in the Natural Sciences
Insider’s View: Michelle LaRue, Conservation Biologist
Inside Work: Freewriting about an Experiment
Conventions of Writing in the Natural Sciences
Insider’s View: Michelle LaRue, Conservation Biology
Objectivity
Inside Work: Looking for Conventions of Objectivity
Replicability
Recency
Inside Work: Looking for Conventions of Replicability and Recency
Collaboration and Cooperation
Genres of Writing in the Natural Sciences
Insider’s View: Page Geiger, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
An Observation Logbook
WRITING PROJECT: An Observation Logbook
Insider Example: Student Observation Logbook
Kedric Lemon, “Comparing Efficiency of Various Batteries Being Used Over Time”
Research Proposal
WRITING PROJECT: Research Proposal
Insider Example: Research Proposal
Gary Ritchison, “Hunting Behavior, Territory Quality, and Individual Quality of American
Kestrels”
Lab Report
WRITING PROJECT: Composing a Lab Report
Insider Example: Student Lab Report
Kedric Lemon, “Which type of battery is the most effective when energy is being drawn from the
battery rapidly?”
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing in the Natural Sciences
9. Reading and Writing in the Applied Fields
Introduction to the Applied Fields
What Are Applied Fields?
Inside Work: Defining and Solving Problems
Inside Work: Considering Applied Fields
Rhetoric and the Applied Fields
Genres in Selected Applied Fields
Nursing
Insider’s View: Janna Dieckman, Nursing
Insider Example: Professional Research Report in Nursing
Margaret Shandor, Diane Holditch-Davis, Suzanne Thoyre, and Linda Beeber, from “Rural
African-American Mothers Parenting Prematurely Born Infants: An Ecological Systems
Perspective
Insider Example: Discharge Instructions
“Discharge Instructions for Heart Attack”
Inside Work: Nurse for a Day
Education
Insider Example: Student Lesson Plan
Myra Moses, “Lesson Plan”
Insider Example: Student IEP
Myra Moses, “Student Individualized Example”
Inside Work: Teacher for a Day
Business
Insider Example: Student Memorandum
James Blackwell, “Investigative Report on Hazen and Sawyer”
Insider Example: Student Business Plan
Daniel Chase Mills, “A Business Plan for the Electricity Monitor Company”
Inside Work: CFO for a Day
Law
Insider Example: Professional Legal Brief
From “Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin et al”
Insider Example: E-Mail Correspondence from Attorney
Joseph E. Miller, Jr., “Re: Proposed gift to the XYZ Foundation”
Inside Work: Lawyer for a Day
WRITING PROJECT: Discovering Genres of Writing in an Applied Field
Tip Sheet: Reading and Writing in the Applied Fields

An Insider's Guide to Academic Writing with 2020 APA Update
Second Edition| 2019
Susan Miller-Cochran; Roy Stamper; Stacey Cochran
Authors

Susan Miller-Cochran
Susan Miller-Cochran, now Director of the Writing Program at the University of Arizona, helped shape the First-Year Writing Program at North Carolina State University while she served as Director from 2007-2015. Her research focuses on instructional technology, ESL writing, and writing program administration. Her work has appeared in College Composition and Communication, Composition Studies, Computers and Composition, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and she is also an editor of Rhetorically Rethinking Usability (Hampton Press, 2009) and Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition (NCTE, 2002). Before joining the faculty at NC State, she was a faculty member at Mesa Community College (AZ). She has served on the Executive Committee of the Conference on College Composition and Communication and the Executive Board of the Carolinas Writing Program Administrators. She currently serves as Vice President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Roy Stamper
Roy Stamper is Senior Lecturer in English and former Associate Director of the First-Year Writing Program in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses in composition and rhetoric. He is also academic advisor to the department’s Language, Writing, and Rhetoric majors. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Lecturer in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is a recipient of NC State's New Advisor Award. Prior to his current appointment, he worked as a high school English teacher. He has presented papers at a number of local, regional, and national conferences, including the Conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators and the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Stacey Cochran
Stacey Cochran is an assistant professor of English at the University of Arizona and currently serves as Coordinator of Student Success and Wellness for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Additionally he is pursuing a doctorate in the College of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies and Practice with a focus toward innovative teaching, learning, and research that prioritizes students' emotional well-being and promoting access for women and minorities in educational administration. Before that, he taught for nine years in the First-Year Writing Program at North Carolina State University. He has also taught academic and creative writing at East Carolina University and Mesa Community College (AZ). He earned his M.A. in English from East Carolina University in 2001 with a concentration in Creative Writing. He was finalist for the 1998 Dell Magazines Award, a 2004 finalist for the St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and finalist for the 2011 James Hurst Prize for fiction. He is an experienced videographer and interviewer who was the host of The Artist's Craft, a television show in Raleigh which featured interviews with many bestselling authors and literary scholars.

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