College English
{{Short description|Academic journal}}
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{{Infobox journal
| cover = CEjan2010cover.jpg
| editor = Lori Ostergaard
| discipline = English language arts for college teachers
| abbreviation = Coll. Engl.
| publisher = National Council of Teachers of English
| country = United States
| frequency = bimonthly
| history = 1939–present
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| website = http://www.ncte.org/journals/ce
| link1 = https://www.jstor.org/journals/00100994.html
| link1-name = Online access
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| OCLC = 1564053
| LCCN = 41006180
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| ISSN = 0010-0994
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College English is an official publication of the American National Council of Teachers of English and is aimed at college-level teachers and scholars of English. The peer-reviewed journal publishes articles on a range of topics related to the teaching of English language arts at the college level, including literature, rhetoric, critical theory, and pedagogy.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncte.org/journals/ce/write |title=CE Submission Guidelines |accessdate=May 29, 2009}} It sometimes publishes special issues devoted to specific themes. Its content is accessible electronically via ERIC, ProQuest, and JSTOR, and is indexed by the MLA.
History
College English began in 1939 when it was spun off from The English Journal.{{cite web |url=http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/rhet-res/pop4c.cfm |title=Writing Guide for College English |publisher=Colorado State University |accessdate=May 29, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211082639/http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/rhet-res/pop4c.cfm |archivedate=December 11, 2008}} Its first editor was W. Wilbur Hatfield, who also edited The English Journal. He continued to edit both publications until 1955.{{cite book |editor-first=Robert C. |editor-last=Pooley |title=Perspectives on English: Essays to Honor W. Wilbur Hatfield |location=New York |publisher=Appleton-Century-Crofts |year=1960 |page=5}}
=Editors=
Since its founding in 1939, College English has had eleven editors:
- W. Wilbur Hatfield (1939–1955){{cite book |title=Authoring a Discipline: Scholarly Journals and the Post-World War II Emergence of Rhetoric and Composition |first=Maureen Daly |last=Goggin |publisher=Routledge |year=2000 |isbn=0-8058-3578-4 |pages=209–210}}
- Frederick L. Gwynn (1955–1960)
- James E. Miller, Jr. (1960–1966)
- Richard Ohmann (1966–1978)
- Donald Gray (1978–1985)
- James C. Raymond (1985–1992)
- Louise Z. Smith (1992–1999)
- Jeanne Gunner (1999–2006)
- John Schilb (2006–2012)
- Kelly Ritter (2012–2017)
- Melissa Ianetta (2017–2022)
- Lori Ostergaard (2022–present) {{Cite news|url=http://www2.ncte.org/resources/journals/college-english/|title=College English - NCTE|work=NCTE|access-date=2017-12-12|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website| https://ncte.org/resources/journals/college-english/}}
Category:Literary magazines published in the United States
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