LINDA K. SHAMOON (shamoon@uri.edu) is Professor of English, Director of the College Writing Program, and Director of the Faculty Institute on Writing at the University of Rhode Island. She has published articles on the research paper, on writing across the curriculum, on the place of rhetoric in composition programs, and on writing center practices. She has received numerous major grants to develop and support writing with electronic technology at the University of Rhode Island, and she is a founding member of the Intercollegiate Electronic Democracy Project.  Her publications include Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum (Heinemann, 2000).  In addition to directing the writing program, she serves as a regional consultant for writing across the curriculum.

ROBERT A. SCHWEGLER (rschweg@uri.edu) is Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island. He teaches first--year composition, scientific and technical communication, writing about culture, and a number of other advanced courses. His research currently focuses on concepts of error and correctness and their social consequences.  His many publications include
Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum (Heinemann, 2000).

REBECCA MOORE HOWARD (rehoward@syr.edu) is Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University. Her scholarly work explores the role of composition in the university insofar as it negotiates the tension between gatekeeping and student empowerment. Standing in the Shadow of Giants (Ablex, 1999) explicates how that tension informs pedagogical approaches to plagiarism.  Her other publications include Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum (Heinemann, 2000).