Chris Thaiss and James Murphy Co-Edit New Edition of A Short History of Writing Instruction

Routledge has just published the new 4^th edition of A Short History of Writing Instruction: From Ancient Greece to the Modern United States, co-edited by UWP emeritus professor Chris Thaiss and emeritus professor James J. Murphy, formerly of the English Department and the Department of Communication and Rhetoric. This is the fully updated and revised 30^th Anniversary Edition of this classic of the field, with major new sections on 21^st century advances in writing studies theory and pedagogy, plus an epilogue that forecasts future areas of needed inquiry.