Brannon Receives Award for Article on Writing

Lil Brannon, a UNC Charlotte English professor, has received the 2014 Richard Braddock Award for the most outstanding article on writing or the teaching of writing published in College Composition and Communication, widely regarded as the top journal in rhetoric and composition.

Brannon authored the article, “Democracy, Struggle and the Praxis of Assessment,” with Tony Scott, a former UNC Charlotte faculty member. The journal published the piece in December 2013. The award, first presented in 1975, honors the best essay published during the preceding year in the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s journal.

The article draws on qualitative research conducted as a part of a writing program assessment to examine the relationship between assessment, valuation, and the economics of first-year writing, according to the abstract.

Brannon earned her doctoral degree in the college teaching of English from Texas A&M University, Commerce. She is also director of the UNC Charlotte Writing Project and has authored many books, articles and book chapters. Prior to UNC Charlotte, Brannon taught at New York University and University of Albany, SUNY.

Words by Somgolie Ozodigwe