Mike Mattison

Degrees

PhD, English Composition and Rhetoric, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2003

MA, English Literature, Iowa State University, 1996

BA, English, College of Wooster, 1994

Research Interests

Writing Centers, Composition Theory/Pedagogy, Writing Teacher Education, Writing Across the Curriculum, Classic Rock

Recent Publications

Book Chapter:

“Managing the Center: The Director as Coach.? Writing Center Director’s Resource Book. Ed. Christina Murphy and Byron Stay. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006: 93-103.

Articles::

“Someone to Watch Over Me: Reflection and Authority in the Writing Center.? The Writing Center Journal. Spring 2007.

“Mission Improvable: Further Thoughts on Consultant Education.? The Writing Lab Newsletter. 31.1 (2006): 10-14.

“(Re)Wiring Ourselves: The Electrical and Pedagogical Evolution of a Writing Center? (with Andrea Ascuena). Computers and Composition Online. Spring 2006

Courses Frequently Taught

English 554, Introduction to Research Methods in Composition

English 401, Advanced Nonfiction

English 304, Argument

English 303, Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing

English 201, Nonfiction

Teaching Philosophy

Please see my teaching philosophy

Contact

michaelmattison@boisestate.edu

426-3585

LA-220A

personal website