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A Free, Award-Winning, Peer-Reviewed Writing Textbook

WRITING PROCESS

NEW MEDIA

STYLE

RESEARCH PROCESS

GENRES

INFORMATION LITERACY

Develop effective writing

habits, invent, format, revise,
edit, and publish.
Find webtexts on style,
grammar, mechanics, and
punctuation.

Explore genres employed

by creative, academic, and
technical writers.

Create texts that break free

from the boundaries of
traditional prose.
Learn textual research strategies
and explore empirical research
methods.
Learn how to analyze texts,
images, and new media.

COLLABORATION

Discuss issues with colleagues,

research others ideas, and
exchange comments.

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REVIEW EDITORS
E. Jonathan Arnett, Kennesaw State
University
Matt Barton, Saint Cloud State
University
William Carney, Cameron
University
Abigail Scheg, Elizabeth City State
University
Andrea Greenbaum, Barry
University
Stephanie Hedge, Ball State
University
Christopher Justice, University of
Baltimore

Amy C. Kimme Hea, University of

Arizona
bonnie lenore kyburz, Utah Valley
University
Jennifer Lee, Misericordia
University
Jennifer Marlow, College of Saint
Rose
Heidi McKee, Miami University
Matthew Balk, Ball State University
Andrea Scott, Princeton University
Todd Taylor, UNC-Chapel Hill
Susan Youngblood, Auburn
University

Writing Commons, the open-education home for writers, is broadly used worldwide.
Here in the U.S., Duke University, Georgia Tech, and Ohio State University have adopted
Writing Commons for their ground-breaking, Gates Foundation funded MOOCs.

EDITORIAL BOARD
Joseph Moxley, University of
South Florida (Executive Editor)
Linda Adler-Kassner, University of
California, Santa Barbara
Steve E. Carson, MIT
Dianne Donnelly, University of
South Florida
James P. Gee, Arizona State
University
Graeme Harper, Oakland University
Charlie Lowe, Grand Valley State
University
Mike Palmquist, Colorado State
University
Daisy Pignetti, University of
Wisconsin-Stout
Alex Reid, SUNY- Buffalo
Howard Rheingold, Stanford
University
Shirley Rose, Arizona State
University
George Siemens, Athabasca
University, Canada
Ilana Snyder, Monash University,
Australia
Taku Sugimoto, Chiba Institute of
Technology, Japan
Gregory L. Ulmer, University of
Florida
MC Morgan, Bemidji State
University
Bronwyn T. Williams, University of
Louisville
Janice Walker, Georgia Southern
University
Susan Lang, Texas Tech University
Martin Weller, Open University,
United Kingdom