Rhetoric Today 2022
T for Thank You and Also for Teaching for Transfer
Letter from the Editor: Aliaa Hamad
And what of work, Sanaa? The one where Sanaa retires.”: Yasmine Motawy
We Love You, Sanaa!: Your Family
Teaching for Transfer: Enhancing Teaching of Writing: Ghada Elshimi
Visualizing Transfer Writing Theory, Key Terms (Threshold Concepts), and Reflection: A Reiterative Process: Doris Jones
Rhetorical Literacy, Writing for Transfer, and the Possibilities of “ePortfolio as Curriculum”: Michelle Henry
T for Thank You
When Yasmine Motawy approached me and suggested we do a feature to celebrate Sanaa Makhlouf’s 25 years of service, I was excited. But then came the hard part: How do you pay homage to a figure like Sanaa? How do you do her justice? I don’t think we ever can, but I’ll still try.
Faculty Articles
“And what of work, Sanaa? The one where Sanaa retires.”
Yasmine Motawy (YM): Sanaa, it is a pleasure to be speaking to you today for Rhetoric Today. You are an exceptional colleague, educator, scholar, advocate for student and faculty rights, and human. You were recognized for your advocacy on behalf of faculty in 2012 when you were named Outstanding Senator.
Teaching for Transfer: Enhancing Teaching of Writing
AUC’s liberal arts curriculum promises to develop in our students habits of the mind that characterize well rounded-individuals, with a breadth of knowledge in various fields that develop transferable skills which enable them to think critically, communicate articulately, and live purposefully.
Visualizing Transfer Writing Theory, Key Terms (Threshold Concepts), and Reflection: A Reiterative Process
During the last 15 years, research about writing studies has revealed an increased interest in writing transfer, with an emphasis on students' use of prior knowledge to compose new texts.
Rhetorical Literacy, Writing for Transfer, and the Possibilities of “ePortfolio as Curriculum”
For decades, Janet Lauer, Andrea Lunsford, and other compositionists (2000) have shown us that students write to know more and to achieve goals within specific contexts, or “worlds” (everyday, public, academic, and work).