University of Findlay Professor Receives Outstanding Book Award
Josh Eilola Posted On April 29, 2024
University of Findlay’s associate vice president for learning and innovation, Christine Denecker, Ph.D., was awarded the 2024 CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection category by the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Denecker co-edited “The Dual Enrollment Kaleidoscope: Reconfiguring Perceptions of First-Year Writing and Composition Studies” in 2022. The book serves as a starting point for elevating the voices of those who do dual enrollment work — those who historicize, legitimize, scrutinize, critically analyze, align, and assess it.
Denecker and her co-author, Casie Moreland, Ph.D., director of dual credit at University of Idaho, worked on the book through the pandemic, resulting in delays in feedback and requiring the use of virtual communication. Given the interruptions in the process, Denecker said winning an award was never a thought that crossed her mind. “So many great works are published each year in the composition field, so to have our work recognized with an Outstanding Book Award was very humbling,” she said. “I have attended the Conference on College Composition and Communication for almost 20 years; I am honored to be an award recipient.”
“The Dual Enrollment Kaleidoscope” includes voices of prominent scholars in rhetoric and composition and features a variety of methodologies. The book provides a deeper understanding of the pros and cons of dual enrollment’s effect on rhetoric and composition at the college level. “What we want readers to take away from this is that we can’t ignore the effect of dual enrollment on how we teach college writing,” said Denecker. “The chapters in the collection grapple with the hard questions of who should teach college writing, where that instruction can and should take place, and what can be gained by partnerships between high school and college writing instructors.”
For more information about the CCCC Outstanding Book Award, visit the CCCC website. To learn more about University of Findlay’s dual enrollment program, visit our dual enrollment webpage.
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