Using Activity Theory to Articulate Connections between Classroom, Writing Center, and Workplace

Session B.16

Area: Professional and Technical Writing · family: Professional and technical writing

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Elizabeth Wardle	University of Dayton, OH → University of Dayton
Presenters	David Russell	Iowa State University, Ames → Iowa State University	Activity Theory and Its Implications for Writing Instruction
Presenters	Donna Kain	Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY → Clarkson University	Teaching and Learning How Documents Do Things: Genre and Activity Theory in the Rhetoric Classroom
Presenters	Elizabeth Wardle	University of Dayton, OH → University of Dayton	‘Writing Is Hard, but Tools I Understand’: Activity Theory for Teching Writing to Students in Technical Majors

Source

NCTE's program, near page 92 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Using Activity Theory to Articulate Connections between Classroom, Writing Center, and Workplace.” 2004 Convention Program, San Antonio, session B.16. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.