Claire Lutkewitte, Ph.D., assistant professor at NSU’s Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, published Multimodal Composition: A Critical Sourcebook (Bedford/St. Martin’s) in paperback on Mar. 8.
According to the publisher, Lutkewitte’s 544-page textbook “gives instructors a starting point for rethinking the kinds of texts they teach and produce.” Chapters include discussions on topics such as defining multimodal composition and why it matters, implementing multimodal composition in the classroom and in scholarship, and several others.
The text serves as a resource for all teachers of college-level composition, from graduate assistants to full-time faculty members. In the short time since its release, Multimodal Composition: A Critical Sourcebook has become suggested reading by faculty at institutions across the country, including Florida State University and Oregon Institute of Technology.
At NSU, Lutkewitte teaches various undergraduate- and graduate-level composition courses. In addition to multimodal composition, her areas of academic focus include first-year-writing pedagogy, teaching with technology, and the development of university writing centers.
Lutkewitte is also author of the forthcoming Web 2.0 Applications for Composition Classrooms (Fountainhead Press), a collection of essays featuring practical and theoretical discussions on using technology in the college-composition classroom.