From Commonplaces to Consciousness: Threshold Concepts, Conceded Authority, and the Critical Potential of Rhetorical Writing Instruction

Jerry Stinnett is assistant professor of writing at Grand Valley State University, where he serves as the director of the Writing in the Disciplines program. He regularly teaches courses in genre theory, style, writing center consulting, and first-year writing and has directed first-year writing programs at multiple universities. His research has appeared in College English, Literacy in Composition Studies, and College Composition and Communication and currently focuses on the intersections of rhetorical theory, writing-related transfer, and the limits of performing rhetorical flexibility in actual practice.