College English
Academic journal
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College English is an official publication of the American National Council of Teachers of English and is aimed at college-level teachers and scholars of English. The peer-reviewed journal publishes articles on a range of topics related to the teaching of English language arts at the college level, including literature, rhetoric, critical theory, and pedagogy.[1] It sometimes publishes special issues devoted to specific themes. Its content is accessible electronically via ERIC, ProQuest, and JSTOR, and is indexed by the MLA.
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| Discipline | English language arts for college teachers |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Lori Ostergaard |
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| History | 1939–present |
| Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English (United States) |
| Frequency | bimonthly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Coll. Engl. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0010-0994 |
| LCCN | 41006180 |
| JSTOR | 00100994 |
| OCLC no. | 1564053 |
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History
College English began in 1939 when it was spun off from The English Journal.[2] Its first editor was W. Wilbur Hatfield, who also edited The English Journal. He continued to edit both publications until 1955.[3]
Editors
Since its founding in 1939, College English has had eleven editors:
- W. Wilbur Hatfield (1939–1955)[4]
- Frederick L. Gwynn (1955–1960)[4]
- James E. Miller, Jr. (1960–1966)[4]
- Richard Ohmann (1966–1978)[4]
- Donald Gray (1978–1985)[4]
- James C. Raymond (1985–1992)[4]
- Louise Z. Smith (1992–1999)[4]
- Jeanne Gunner (1999–2006)
- John Schilb (2006–2012)
- Kelly Ritter (2012–2017)
- Melissa Ianetta (2017–2022)
- Lori Ostergaard (2022–present) [5]
