What are typical areas of specialization within the Joint Program in English and Education?
Students focus on a variety of areas ranging from topics in rhetoric and composition to theories and pedagogies of literacy to professional concerns. Students usually specialize in the area in which they write their dissertations. Examples of specific topics include: • An examination of composition instruction at several historically black colleges • A study of the way readers compose literacy practices in order to place themselves in a social world • An investigation of the ways that white teachers, students, teacher educators, and researchers approach multicultural issues in white-dominated educational settings The three examinations usually include the area of specialization but will also move beyond it.
