摘要：In their edited collection, Mary Jo Reiff, Anis Bawarshi, Michelle Ballif, and Christian Weisser address the "ecological" nature of writing programs, arguing that because writing programs "emerge through complex networks of interrelations, depend upon adaptation, fluidity, and the constant motion of diverse rhetorics and discourses," we gain from understanding them as inherently "ecological" (or through theories of ecology) (p. 4). The editorial focus on "ecologies" sets this collection up to profile unique programs, as they have functioned within and around socially constructed systems, evolved over time, and negotiated pedagogical trends in the field of writing studies. The 15 writing program profiles included, each originally published in Composition Forum, are organized into sections that reflect four dominant "ecological" characteristics—interconnectedness, fluctuation, complexity, and emergence. Each of these sections begins with a treatment of a specific ecological trait, offering a short introduction to the trait, a discussion of how the trait may help us to understand the dynamic realities of writing program organization, and highlighting the unique contributions to the field each profile has made.
