Kathleen Blake Yancey

Kathleen Blake Yancey (5 July 1950[1]) is the Kellogg W. Hunt Professor of English at Florida State University in the rhetoric and composition program.

[6] She also discusses how scholars in academia do not necessarily focus on this concept but emphasizes the importance of it as this type of writing could give more creative freedom than a traditional assignment.

[9] She has discussed how students and teachers should set aside time for reflection because individuals can see what has worked, what they did not notice, and what to do in the future.

[11] She has talked about how administrators and teachers should find ways to help students incorporate their self-sponsored and everyday writing practices into the academic classroom.

[10] In her 2004 Chair’s Address at CCCC, she indicated her ongoing interest in the impact of digital technologies on composition studies.