Learning to Write Publicly: Promises and Pitfalls of Using Weblogs in the Composition Classroom

John Benson (jbenson4@niu.edu) is a first-year PhD candidate in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University.  His research interests include bibliography, book arts, and writing studies.

Jessica Reyman (jreyman@niu.edu) is Assistant Professor of rhetoric and professional writing in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University. Her research and teaching interests include technical and professional communication, digital rhetoric, and copyright and intellectual property law. Reyman received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2006. She co-edited the collection Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture (2004). Her work has also appeared in College Composition and Communication, Technical Communication, and in several edited collections.