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Inoue Santa Barbara Tom Amorose Editorial Assistant Seattle Pacific University Kirstian Lezubski Chris Anson Former Editors North Carolina State University Gary Tate Robert Mayberry Valerie Balester Christina Murphy Texas A&M University Peter Vandenberg Ann George Robert Brooke Carrie Leverenz University of Nebraska, Lincoln Brad E. Lucas Sidney Dobrin University of Florida Lisa Ede Oregon State University Paul Heilker Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University James Inman University of Maryland University College Laura Micciche University of Cincinnati Peggy O’Neill Loyola College Victor Villanueva Auburn University SUBSCRIPTIONS Composition Studies is published twice each year (May and November). Subscription rates: Individuals $25 (Domestic) and $30 (International); Institutions $75 (Domestic) and $75 (International); Students $15. BACK ISSUES Recent back issues are now available through Amazon.com for $12. 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With PDFs, the authors’ names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat’s main menu. Direct all correspondence to: Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Editor Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9 Canada Composition Studies is grateful for the generous support of the Dean of Arts and the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg. © Copyright 2011 by Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Editor Production and printing is managed by Parlor Press, www.parlorpress.com. ISSN 1534-9322 www.compositionstudies.uwinnipeg.ca composition Volume 39, Number 2 STUDIES Fall 2011 articles Noetic Writing: Plato Comes to Missouri 9 Jeff Rice Fraudulent Practices: Academic Misrepresentations of Plagiarism In the Name of Good Pedagogy 29 Chris M. Anson Aloneness and the Complicated Selves of Donald M. Murray 45 Thomas J. Stewart Augmenting Literacy: The Role of Expertise in Digital Writing 61 Derek Van Ittersum The Elephants Evaluate: Some Notes on the Problem of Grades in Graduate Creative Writing Programs 79 Rachel Peckham Apprenticeship in the Instructor-Led Peer Conference 101 Kory Lawson Ching course design Taking It on the Road: Transferring Knowledge about Rhetoric and Writing across Curricula and Campuses 121 Jenn Fishman and Mary Jo Reiff book reviews Genre: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy, by Anis S. Bawarshi and Mary Jo Reiff 145 Kelly Kinney Before Shaughnessy: Basic Writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960, by Kelly Ritter 147 Megan M. McKnight Dangerous Writing: Understanding the Political Economy of Composition, by Tony Scott 150 Timothy Barnett Metaphor and Writing: Figurative Thought in the Discourse of Written Communication, by Philip Eubanks 154 Bradley Smith Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning, by James Paul Gee and Elisabeth R. Hayes 157 Kristina A. Gutierrez Generaciones’ Narratives: The Pursuit and Practice of Traditional and Electronic Literacies on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, by John Scenters-Zapico 161 Sally Chandler RAW (Reading and Writing) New Media, edited by Cheryl E. Ball and James Kalmbach 164 Stephanie Vie The Writing Program Interrupted: Making Space for Critical Discourse, edited by Donna Strickland