Bibliographies
for composition and rhetoric

Rebecca Moore Howard
The Writing Program
Syracuse University




Also see
  1. The CompPile searchable database;
  2. Online sources tagged on del.icio.us;
  3. The MLA International Bibliography (requires SU ID).



For years I've been compiling bibliographies on topics that interest me. I have hundreds of them. I share them with graduate students, and as I kept sending out the same bibliographies as email attachments, I finally decided just to put them online. The list of online bibliographies keeps growing, as I find time and inclination to convert word processed bibliographies to html. If you're looking for something that you don't find here, you can send me an email, and if I have a bibliography on the topic, I'll be glad to post it here.

Increasingly, though, I'm using CiteULike for my bibliographic work. CiteULike has many advantages over these static pages; visit there for additional sources.


Ability grouping . . . . . Academic integrity . . . . . Activism . . . . . Advanced writing . . . . . Affect . . . . . African American rhetoric . . . . . Afrocentric pedagogies . . . . . Agency . . . . . Allusion . . . . . Althusser . . . . . Analysis . . . . . Archives . . . . . Arrangement . . . . . Argument . . . . . Asian & Asian American rhetorics . . . . . Assessment . . . . . Assignments . . . . . Audience . . . . . Authority . . . . .Authorship (18th century) . . . . . Authorship: Feminist theories . . . . . Authorship: Intercultural issues . . . . . Authorship--students . . . . . Authorship theories, 1900-present . . . . . Authorizing student writing . . . . . Barthes . . . . . Basic writing . . . . . Bhabha . . . . . Blogs . . . . . Bodies . . . . . Books . . . . . Borders . . . . . Bourdieu . . . . . Buck . . . . . Capital . . . . . Case studies . . . . . Cheating . . . . . Christensen, Francis . . . . . CIS . . . . . Citation . . . . . Civic engagement . . . . . Cixous . . . . . Class . . . . . Coding . . . . . Codeswitching . . . . . Collage . . . . . Collaboration . . . . . Colonialism . . . . . Community . . . . . Community literacy . . . . . Composition histories . . . . . Composition studies . . . . . Contact Zones . . . . . Contrastive rhetoric . . . . . Copyright & Creative Commons . . . . . Creative writing pedagogy . . . . . Creativity . . . . . Critical information studies . . . . . Critical pedagogies . . . . . Critique . . . . . Curriculum . . . . . Democratic education . . . . . Developmental writing . . . . . Dewey . . . . . Difference . . . . . Directed self-placement . . . . . Disability . . . . . Disease . . . . . Discourse . . . . .Diversity . . . . . Economics . . . . . Ecriture feminine . . . . . Elbow . . . . . Embodiment . . . . . Emotion . . . . . Empirical research . . . . . Engels . . . . . English only . . . . . ESL/EFL/EAL/L2/NESB . . . . . Ethics . . . . . Ethnicity . . . . . Ethnography . . . . . Ethos . . . . . Evidence . . . . . Fair use . . . . . Fear . . . . . Feminist pedagogies . . . . . Feminist research methods . . . . . Feminist rhetoric . . . . . Feminist theories of authorship . . . . . Figures of speech . . . . . First-Year Comp . . . . . Forgery . . . . . Foucault . . . . . Fraud . . . . . Fraud--famous cases . . . . . Freire . . . . . Gatekeeping . . . . . Genius . . . . . Genre . . . . . Gere . . . . . Ghostwriting . . . . . Giddens . . . . . Giroux . . . . . Global Englishes . . . . . Globalization . . . . . Grading . . . . . Grammar . . . . . Grad students . . . . . Grounded theory . . . . . Histories of composition studies . . . . . Historiography . . . . . Honor codes . . . . . Honors composition . . . . . hooks . . . . . Identity . . . . . Imagination . . . . . Imitation . . . . . Independent writing programs . . . . . Influence . . . . . Information . . . . . Institutional critique . . . . . Intellectual property . . . . . Intentionality . . . . . International students . . . . . Intertextuality . . . . . Interviews . . . . . Invention . . . . . Jameson . . . . . King . . . . . Kristeva . . . . . Labor . . . . . Labov . . . . . Laclau . . . . . Language planning . . . . . Language standards . . . . . Latina/o rhetorics . . . . . Learning communities . . . . . LGBT rhetorics . . . . . Linked courses . . . . . Listening . . . . . Literacy . . . . . Literacy crises . . . . . Lunsford . . . . . Machine scoring (by Richard Haswell) . . . . . Major in writing . . . . . Mapping . . . . . Market(s) . . . . . Marxism . . . . . Memory . . . . . Metaphor . . . . . Metonomy . . . . . Mimesis . . . . . Mixed-method research . . . . . Mobility . . . . . Mouffe . . . . . Multiculturalism . . . . . Narration . . . . . Native American rhetorics . . . . . Network theory . . . . . New media . . . . . Ohmann . . . . . One-to-one pedagogy . . . . . Online pedagogy . . . . . Organization . . . . . Originality . . . . . Ownership . . . . . Paraphrasing . . . . . Parody . . . . . Pastiche . . . . . Patchwriting . . . . . Pathos . . . . . PDSs . . . . . Pedagogy . . . . . Peer response . . . . . Perrin . . . . . Place . . . . . Placement . . . . . Plagiarism--attitudes toward . . . . . Plagiarism: Causes . . . . .Plagiarism definitions . . . . . Plagiarism-detecting software . . . . . Plagiarism detection . . . . . Plagiarism--famous cases . . . . . Plagiarism of graduate students' work . . . . . Plagiarism histories . . . . . Plagiarism: Incidence . . . . . Plagiarism--intercultural issues . . . . . Plagiarism & intentionality . . . . . Plagiarism--theories . . . . . Plagiarism online . . . . . Plagiarism--pedagogical issues . . . . . Plagiarism policies . . . . . Plagiarism--pop culture . . . . . Plagiarism prevention . . . . . Plagiarism punishments . . . . . Plagiarism--responses . . . . . Plagiarism in science . . . . . Plagiarism theories . . . . . Plagiarism--writing center issues . . . . . Pop culture images of writers . . . . . Portfolios . . . . . Postcolonialism . . . . . Posthuman . . . . . Post-process . . . . . PowerPoint . . . . . Pratt . . . . . Presentation software . . . . . Print culture . . . . . Process . . . . . Property . . . . . Public domain . . . . . Qualitative research . . . . . Quantitative research . . . . . Quotation . . . . . Race . . . . . Reed & Kellogg . . . . . Reflection . . . . . Reflexivity . . . . . Research methods . . . . . Research papers . . . . . Resistance . . . . . Response . . . . . Revision . . . . . Rhetorical analysis . . . . . Said . . . . . Sampling . . . . . Scientific misconduct . . . . . Scott . . . . . Second-language writing . . . . . Self-assessment . . . . . Sentence combining . . . . . Service learning . . . . . Shame . . . . . Shaughnessy . . . . . Shor . . . . . Silence . . . . . Smitherman . . . . . Social class . . . . . Source-based writing . . . . . Space . . . . . Spivak . . . . . Standard Written English . . . . . Standpoint theory . . . . . Student authors . . . . . Style . . . . . Summarizing . . . . . Surveys . . . . . Syntax . . . . . Synthesis . . . . . Synecdoche . . . . . TAs . . . . . T-units . . . . . Teacher training . . . . . Teachers vs. students . . . . . Technologies . . . . . Testing . . . . . Textbooks . . . . . Textual analysis . . . . . Time . . . . . Tracking . . . . . Transfer . . . . .Trauma . . . . . Tropes . . . . . Turnitin.com . . . . . Tutoring . . . . . Violence . . . . . Visual rhetoric . . . . . WAC . . . . . Wikis . . . . . Writers--pop culture images . . . . . Writing centers . . . . . Writing centers & plagiarism . . . . . Writing departments . . . . . Writing major . . . . . Writing program administration