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Most Writing
Programs lecturers are full-time instructors who have a strong and
long-standing commitment to UCLA's teaching mission; they also maintain
a high profile in various allied professional communities and movements:
composition studies, rhetoric, communications, and many branches
of literary studies.
Writing Programs
lecturers are also scholars and professional writers whose publications
have appeared in books, in numerous academic journals, in major
newspapers and magazines, and in other professional outlets. Their
scholarly work touches several disciplines and has been cited or
favorably reviewed in fields as diverse as literary studies, sociology,
political science, law, history, communications studies, American
studies, Asian studies, African studies, folklore studies, education,
women's studies and ESL. Above all, Writing Programs lecturers-
to a degree unusual for a faculty at a research university- devote
scholarly energy and professional attention to teaching and related
issues. Lecturers have authored or co-authored groundbreaking composition
textbooks and readers that are widely used throughout the country,
and many have been invited speakers at national conferences as well
as participants at the Modern Language Association, Conference on
College Composition and Communication, National Council of Teachers
of English and other professional arenas. Finally, Writing Programs
lecturers are closely involved with the professional development
of their students, advising, recommending, and generally playing
the mult-faceted role that comes with having worked unusually closely
with students, knowing them well and being available to them as
mentors and advisors.
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