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The St. Martin’s Handbook author Andrea Lunsford, professor of English and director of the writing and rhetoric program at Stanford University, spoke on “Plagiarism Rights and Wrongs” noon Friday in the Limburg Theater of Farinon College Center.
Lunch was provided by Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
One of the leading figures in the field of rhetoric and composition, Lunsford is recognized as an authority on the topics of literacy, plagiarism, intellectual property, and writing pedagogy. She is the 2002 recipient of the MLA/ADE Francis March Award for service in the field of English studies.
Lunsford’s scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory; women and the history of rhetoric; collaboration and collaborative writing; current cultures of writing; intellectual property and composing; style; and technologies of writing. She has written or coauthored 14 books, including The Everyday Writer;Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; and Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, as well as numerous chapters and articles. Her most recent books are The St. Martin’s Handbook, 5th ed.,and Everything’s An Argument, and she has contributed essays and chapters to numerous volumes related to composition and rhetoric.
Prior to joining Stanford in March 2000, Lunsford was distinguished professor of English at The Ohio State University (1986-00), where she served as vice chair of the English department, as chair of the University Writing Board, and as director of the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing. Previously, she was associate professor and director of writing at the University of British Columbia (1977-86). Currently also a member of the faculty of theBread Loaf School of English, Lunsford earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida, and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977).
Lunsford has conducted workshops on writing and program reviews at dozens of universities, served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, as chair of the Modern Language Association Division on Writing, and as a member of the MLA Executive Council.