Welcome to Issue 6.1 of Xchanges!
We are excited to present here a series of essays on topics in the disciplines of Technical Communication, Writing/Rhetoric, and Writing Across the Curriculum, written by upper-level undergraduate students from across the United States. This batch of eight essays, selected after blind review by a panel of faculty members from these disciplines at universities across the country, comprise our first issue of Xchanges from the journal’s new home at New Mexico Tech.
In reading these essays, you will see the various approaches these writers have adopted to present their original scholarship in these fields, approaches that range from undergraduate-thesis-length research studies to creative genre-transgressing analyses. We are proud to present this first issue from NMT. The essays that collectively constitute Issue 6.1 indicate the Xchanges journal’s exciting new direction and the professional promise and research and writing excellence of these eight young scholars.
Xchanges Issue 6.1
Articles
Section I: Creative and Critical Approaches in Composition and Rhetoric
- ◦ “Perspectives on the Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum: A Dialogue Between the Sciences and Humanities,” by Melissa Bugdal
- ◦ “Rhetorical Analysis of a Corporate Website: Philip Morris, Ethos, and Ethics,” by Melanie Wilson
- ◦ “Pedagogy Shaped by Ideology: Beneath or Beyond Plato,” by Kacey Ross
- ◦ “Excuse My Excess,” by Lauren E. Tyrrell
Section II: Technical Communication: Practice and Analysis
- ◦ “Analysis of Web Content Delivered to a Mobile Computing Environment,” by Anthony Perreault
- ◦ “The Benefits of Using Web Content Management Systems,” by Gregory L. Koch II
- ◦ “Socialization of the New Hire in the Workplace,” by Linda Lambert
- ◦ “Typeface and Document Persona in Magazines,” by Nida Stewart