I (@kstedman) finished reading Bad Ideas about Writing. What's left to say?

A lot, apparently. This final reflective episode is not found in the book; instead, it records some of the genesis of this podcast project, some details about how I made it, lots of random thoughts about scholarly audiobooks, and fewer thanks than I should have included. It's not required listening; think of it as the director's commentary.

The transcript is available in this Google Doc.

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Anyone Can Teach Writing," by Seth Kahn. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: academic labor, adjunct, contingent, non-tenure-track faculty, writing program administration/administrators, writing studies

Seth Kahn is an English professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He researches and writes about academic labor, especially adjunct labor equity. He also serves on the board of the New Faculty Majority Foundation and has co-chaired labor/contingent faculty committees in several professional organizations. (2017 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

All ad revenue will be split between the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Computers and Writing Graduate Research Network.

Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Anyone Can Teach an Online Writing Course," by Beth L. Hewett. It's a chapter first published in Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.

Keywords: online learning, online writing instruction, OWI, reading online, reading to learn, writing feedback, writing online, writing process

Beth L. Hewett is an expert in online literacy instruction, the founding president of the Global Society for Online Literacy Educators, and the owner of Defend and Publish, an adult writing-coaching business. She is the author of numerous books, articles, and book chapters regarding writing in a digital era. Her most recent books include Teaching Writing in the Twenty-First Century and Administering Writing Programs in the Twenty-First Century, both from MLA Press. (2020 bio)

As always, the theme music is "Parade" by nctrnm, and both the book and podcast are licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. The full book was published by the West Virginia University Libraries and Digital Publishing Institute; find it online for free at https://textbooks.lib.wvu.edu/badideas.

All ad revenue will be split between the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and the Computers and Writing Graduate Research Network.