Journal of Africana Composition and Rhetoric (The Paradigm Shift) (Volume 1)

Journal of Africana Composition and Rhetoric publishes scholarship that investigates, interrogates, and promotes paradigm shifts towards change for students of African descent in academia. In addition, research in writing across the curriculum, rhetoric, pedagogy, effective teaching methods of instruction, and theoretical and practical approaches to identifying with students of African descent are also vital in the journal. Finally, scholarship in African American Rhetoric and rhetorical analyses in disciplines across the curriculum are also explored. Journal of Africana Composition and Rhetoric is published two times per year in September and May by Bowie State University’s Journal of Africana n Composition and Rhetoric, c/o Dr. Monique Leslie Akassi 14000 Jericho Park Road, Bowie, Maryland 20715. Subscriptions and copies can be purchased via email at MAkassi@bowiestate.edu. Communications regarding joining the editorial advisory committee should be addressed to the editor. Information regarding joining the African American Composition and Rhetoric Society and the research committee should also be addressed to the editor and editorial advisory committee at MAkassi@bowiestate.edu.