Lauer, Janice M. “Dappled Discipline”

Lauer, Janice M. "Composition Studies: Dappled Discipline." Rhetoric Review 3.1 (1984): 20-29. Lauer paints composition studies as a complex and often misunderstood discipline, and she spends time supplying a synopsis of prior scholarship to establish footing in the field. She defends composition studies as a multidisciplinary and multimodal arena, pointing to complications in its position as …