Writing in the Disciplines with 2021 MLA Update

Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, include A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition (2018); A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition (2018); The Bedford Handbook, Tenth Edition (2017); Rules for Writers, Eighth Edition (2016); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.

Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through blogging and through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Tenth Edition (2013).

Jonathan S. Cullick is Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at Northern Kentucky University. He served as Associate Director of the Composition Program at the University of Minnesota for four years and then joined the NKU faculty, serving as Director of the Writing Instruction Program for eight years. He teaches courses in writing studies, frequently incorporating service learning in writing courses, and he also teaches literature courses in the Bible, American literature, and the American South. He is a co-author of Writing in the Disciplines (Bedford/St.Martins) and the author of a number of articles and a book in literary studies. Cullick received his PhD from University of Kentucky with specialization in American literature and writing program administration.