WRT 205, Critical Research and Writing

Crimes of Writing

Spring 2007
Syracuse University

Sect. 243, TTh 11-12:2, 213B HBC;
Sect. 272, TTh 12:30-1:50, 213A HBC

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


Last updated 30 January 2007

Required texts
  1. Glenn, Cheryl, Robert K. Miller, Suzanne Strobeck Webb, and Loretta Gray. The Writer's Harbrace Handbook. Brief 2nd ed. Thomson, Wadsworth, 2005.

  2. Online documents on the Blackboard site, which you will need to print out:
Bierut, Michael. "I Am a Plagiarist." Design Observer 11 May 2006.

"CAI Research." Center for Academic Integrity. June 2005.

Constable, Giles. "Forgery and Plagiarism in the Middle Ages." Archiv fur Diplomatik, Schriftgeschichte, Siegel-und Wappenkunde 29 (1983): 1-41. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Ganesan, Hareesh. "Pro: Should Teachers Use Turnitin.com?" Silver Chips Online 14 Nov. 2006.

Lethem, Jonathan. "The Ecstasy of Influence." Harper's Feb. 2007: 59-71. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Lowe, Charles, and Ellen Schendel. "What Teachers Should Know about Plagiarism Software." AFT Nov. 2006.

O'Rourke, Meghan. "The Copycat Syndrome." Slate 11 Jan. 2007.

Price, Margaret. "Beyond 'Gotcha!': Situating Plagiarism in Policy and Pedagogy." College Composition and Communication 54.1 (September 2002): 88-115. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Robillard, Amy E. "Students and Authors in Composition Scholarship." Authorship in Composition Studies. Ed. Tracy Hamler Carrick and Rebecca Moore Howard. New York: Wadsworth, 2006. 41-56. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

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. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Shenk, Robert. "Ghost-Writing in Professional Communications." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 18.4 (1988): 377-388. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Townley, Cynthia, and Mitch Parsell. "Technology and Academic Virtue: Student Plagiarism Through the Looking Glass." Ethics and Information Technology 6.4 (2004): 271-278.

Valentine, Kathryn. "Plagiarism as Literacy Practice: Recognizing and Rethinking Ethical Binaries." College Composition and Communication 58.1 (Sept. 2006): 89-109. [See Blackboard "Documents" folder.]

Wadman, Meredith. "Journal Reveals Plans to Fight Fraud." Nature 7 Dec. 2006: 658-59.