Mina Shaughnessy: A bibliography for composition and rhetoric


Rebecca Moore Howard
The Writing Program
Syracuse University



Please note: I'm increasingly using CiteULike and del.icio.us for my bibliographic work. (On both sites you'll need to click on tags of interest.) Browse what's on this page and then check out CiteULike, del.icio.us, CompPile, and the MLA International Bibliography (requires SU ID) for more. A list of all the static bibliographies that I've put online is here.


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Last updated 20 October 2006

Bartholomae, David. "Released into Language: Errors, Expectations, and the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy." The Territory of Language: Linguistics, Stylistics, and the Teaching of Composition. Ed. Donald A. McQuade. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois UP, 1986. 65-88.

Emig, Janet. "Mina Pendo Shaughnessy." College Composition and Communication 30 (1979): 37-38.

Gaillet, Lynee Lewis. "Mina Shaughnessy: Iconic Teacher Figure." Composition Studies 28.1 (Spring 2000): 131-141.

Journal of Basic Writing 13.1 (1994): Special Section, "Remembering Mina Shaughnessy."

Lu, Min-Zhan. "Redefining the Legacy of Mina Shaughnessy: A Critique of the Politics of Linguistic Innocence." Journal of Basic Writing 10.1 (1991): 26-39. Rpt. The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook. Ed. Gary Tate, Edward P.J. Corbett, and Nancy Myers. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. 327-37.

Lyons, Robert. "Mina Shaughnessy." Traditions of Inquiry. Ed. John Brereton. New York: Oxford UP, 1985. 171-189.

Maher, Jane. Mina P. Shaughnessy: Her Life and Work. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1997.

Moran, Mary Hurley. "Mina Shaughnessy." Twentieth-Century Rhetorics and Rhetoricians. Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000. 321-330.

Rose, Shirley K. "Two Disciplinary Narratives for Non-Standard English in the Classroom: Citation Histories of Shaughnessy's Errors and Expectations and Smitherman's Talkin' and Testifyin'." History, Reflection, and Narrative: The Professionalization of Composition 1963-1983. Eds. Mary Rosner, Beth Boehm, and Debra Journet. Greenwich, CT: Ablex, 1998. 187-204.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. "Basic Writing." Teaching Composition: Twelve Bibliographical Essays. Ed. Gary Tate. Texas Christian UP, 1987: 177-206.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. "Diving In: An Introduction to Basic Writing." College Composition and Communication 27 (1976): 234-239. Rpt. The Writing Teacher's Sourcebook. Ed. Gary Tate, Edward P.J. Corbett, and Nancy Myers. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. 321-6.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. "The English Professor's Malady." Journal of Basic Writing 3.1 (1980): 91-97.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations: A Guide for the Teacher of Basic Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1977.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. "Some Needed Research on Writing." College Composition and Communication 28 (December 1977).