Guest Writer

DONALD R. GALLEHR teaches advanced nonfiction writing, the teaching of writing, and theories of composition, as well as freshman and advanced composition. His articles include "Portfolio Assessment in the College Writing Classroom," in Process and Portfolios in Writing Instruction, NCTE, 1993; "Wait and the Writing Will Come: Meditation and the Composing Process," in Presence of Mind: Writing and the Domain Beyond the Cognitive, Boyton/Cook, Heinemann, 1994; and "What is the Sound of No Hand Clapping: Using Secularized Zen Koans in the Writing Class-
room," in Spiritual Empowerment and Pedagogy, Boynton/Cook, Heinemann, 1997. His research interests focus on learning beyond the cognitive and its application to the classroom, and he currently serves as a reviewer for NCTE's Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. In addition, he is Director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Writing Project, and serves on the National Writing Project Board of Directors. He is the 2008 recipient of a Teaching Excellence Award, as well as the David J. King Award to honor significant contributions for educational excellence at George Mason University.