Feb 2, 2011 By: wpadmin
Dr. Lauren Fitzgerald, associate professor of English and director of the Wilf Campus Writing Center, has won the from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.
Since 2008, Dr. Fitzgerald has co-edited with Melissa Ianetta, associate professor of English and Director of Writing at the University of Delaware. Founded in 1980, the Writing Center Journal is the oldest, most selective, most widely circulated peer-reviewed journal in writing center studies, which is that branch of writing studies focused on one-to-one writing instruction, and the means by which writing centers can best contribute to their institutions鈥 writing cultures.
The Phoenix Award goes to the most improved journal, regardless of its state at the time the renovations began. A weak journal that has become excellent is eligible, but so too is an admired journal that manages to become dramatically better. Submissions must feature significant editorial change and may also feature change in design and other aspects of the journal's publication.
Fitzgerald and Ianetta made several refinements to WCJ, including a complete change to the journal's look. Other additions: a well-received new feature, 鈥淭heory In/To Practice,鈥 that spotlights innovations in teaching; a series of writing workshops at several international conferences for aspiring WCJ authors; and the targeting of special issues to foster the growth of the field. On this last front, 鈥淎n Alternative History: WCJ at 30鈥 has been the best-selling issue of the journal to date.
