WRT 105

Owning Words

Fall 2007
Syracuse University
MW 12:30-2:05
323 HBCrouse

Rebecca Moore Howard
Office: 237 HB Crouse
Office hours
Phone 315-443-1620
FAX: 315-691-9821
rehoward@syr.edu
AIM: ProfBfromWV


Last updated 23 October 2007

Required texts

Books

  1. Blakesley, David, and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. The Brief Thomson Handbook. Thomson, 2008.
  2. Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say / I Say. Norton, 2006.
  3. Rosenwasser, David, and Jill Stephen. Writing Analytically. 4th ed. Thomson, 2006.
Articles
Many of these will be in the course folder on Blackboard. When you log into the course, click on the "Documents" button on the left-hand menu. Then you'll see a list of texts, with links.
  1. Addison, Joseph. "On Genius." The Spectator. 1711.
  2. Atkins, Thomas, and Gene Nelson. "Plagiarism and the Internet: Turning the Tables." English Journal 90.4 (2001): 101-104.
  3. Baca, Damian Patrick. "Contesting U.S. Cultures of Authorship." An Introduction to Authorship. Ed. Tracy Hamler Carrick and Rebecca Moore Howard. New York: Wadsworth, 2006. 117-133.
  4. Barlow, John Perry. "The Economy of Ideas: Everything You Know about Intellectual Property Is Wrong." Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International Dilemmas. Ed. Adam D. Moore. Boston: Rowman and Littlefield, 1997.
  5. Bierut, Michael. "I Am a Plagiarist." Design Observer 11 May 2006.
  6. Brooke, Collin Gifford. "Authorship and Technology." An Introduction to Authorship Ed. Tracy Hamler Carrick and Rebecca Moore Howard. Boston: Wadsworth, 2006. 89-100.
  7. Brown, Renee, Brian Fallon, Jessica Lott, Elizabeth Matthews, and Elizabeth Mintie. "Taking on Turnitin: Tutors Advocating Change." The Writing Center Journal 27.1(2007): 7-28.
  8. Butler, Paul. "Copyright, Plagiarism, and the Law." Authorship in Composition Studies. Ed. Tracy Hamler Carrick and Rebecca Moore Howard. New York: Wadsworth, 2006. 13-27.
  9. Corbett, Edward P.J. "The Theory and Practice of Imitation in Classical Rhetoric." College Composition and Communication 22 (1971): 243-50.
  10. Davis, Joanna, and Beck Eleven. "Plagiarism 'Widespread' Among Asian Students." Stuff [New Zealand] 15 Dec. 2005.
  11. Garber, Marjorie. "Our Genius Problem." Atlantic Monthly (December 2002): 65-72.
  12. Garrow, David J. "King's Plagiarism: Imitation, Insecurity, and Transformation." Journal of American History 78 (June 1991): 86-92.
  13. Gilfus, Jonna. "Students and Authors in Introductory Composition Textbooks." Authorship in Composition Studies Ed. Tracy Hamler Carrick and Rebecca Moore Howard. New York: Wadsworth, 2006. 57-74.
  14. Hann, Arwen, and Janine Bennetts. "Chinese Students 'Biggest Cheats.'" The Press [Christchurch, NZ] 28 Feb. 2007.
  15. Higham, John. "Habits of the Cloth and Standards of the Academy." Journal of American History 78 (June 1991): 106-110.
  16. Jamieson, Sandra. "Composition Readers and the Construction of Identity." Writing in Multicultural Settings. Ed. Carol Severino, Juan C. Guerra, and Johnnella E. Butler. New York: MLA, 1997. 150-71.
  17. Kristal, Nichole. "'Tutoring' Rich Kids Cost Me My Dreams." Newsweek 11 Apr. 2005: 19.
  18. Lessig, Lawrence. Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. New York: Penguin, 2004,
  19. Lethem, Jonathan. "The Ecstasy of Influence." Harper's Feb. 2007: 59-71.
  20. Lewis, David Levering. "Failing to Know Martin Luther King, Jr." Journal of American History 78 (June 1991): 81-5.
  21. Marsh, Bill. "Turnitin.com and the Scriptural Enterprise of Plagiarism Detection." Computers and Composition 21 (2004): 427-438.
  22. McCabe, Donald L., and Gary Pavela. "Ten (Updated) Principles of Academic Integrity: How Faculty Can Foster Student Honesty." Change (May/June 2004): 10-15.
  23. Miller, Keith D. "Martin Luther King, Jr., Borrows a Revolution: Argument, Audience, and Implications of a Secondhand Universe." College English 48 (March 1986): 249-65.
  24. O'Rourke, Meghan. "The Copycat Syndrome." Slate 11 Jan. 2007.
  25. Pecorari, Diane. "Good and Original: Plagiarism and Patchwriting in Academic Second-Language Writing." Journal of Second Language Writing 12 (2003): 317-345.
  26. Posner, Richard A. "The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property." Daedalus (Spring 2002): 5-12.
  27. Ritter, Kelly. "Buying In, Selling Short: A Pedagogy Against the Rhetoric of Online Paper Mills." Pedagogy 6.1 (Jan. 2006): 25-51.
  28. Robelen, Erik W. "Online Anti-Plagiarism Service Sets Off Court Fight." Education Week 4 May 2007.
  29. Robillard, Amy E. "Young Scholars Affecting Composition: A Challenge to Disciplinary Citation Practices." College English 68.3 (January 2006): 253-270.
  30. Rossner, Mike, and Kenneth M. Yamada. "What's in a Picture? The Temptation of Image Manipulation." Journal of Cell Biology 166.1 (2004): 11-15.
  31. Saltmarsh, Sue. "'White Pages' in the Academy: Plagiarism, Consumption and Racist Rationalities." International Journal for Educational Integrity 1.1 (2005).
  32. Sapp, David. "Towards an International and Intercultural Understanding of Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty in Composition: Reflections from the People's Republic of China." Issues in Writing 13.1 (2003): 58-79.
  33. Silverman, Gillian. "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster!" Newsweek (15 July 2002): 12.
  34. Simmons, Sue Carter. "Competing Notions of Authorship: A Historical Look at Students and Textbooks on Plagiarism and Cheating." Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World. Ed. Lise Buranen and Alice M. Roy. Albany, NY: SUNY P, 1999. 41-54.
  35. Sowden, Colin. "Plagiarism and the Culture of Multilingual Students in Higher Education Abroad." ELT Journal 59.3 (July 2005): 226-233.
  36. "Student Cheating Rife among Chinese." The Press [Christchurch, NZ] 28 Feb. 2007.
  37. Stearns, Laurie. "Copy Wrong: Plagiarism, Process, Property, and the Law." Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World Ed. Alice Roy and Lise Buranen. Albany, NY: SUNY P, 1999. 5-18.
  38. Thompson, Mark. "Hard to Credit." Sydney [Australia] Morning Herald 18 Sept. 2004. 17 Sept. 2004.
  39. Townley, Cynthia, and Mitch Parsell. "Technology and Academic Virtue: Student Plagiarism Through the Looking Glass." Ethics and Information Technology 6.4 (2004): 271-278.
  40. Walfish, Daniel. "Chinese Applicants to U.S. Universities Often Resort to Shortcuts or Dishonesty." The Chronicle of Higher Education 5 January 2001: A52.