Writing a Progressive Past

Lisa Mastrangelo is a Professor of English and Women's Studies at the College of St. Elizabeth, in Morristown, New Jersey, where she teaches courses in composition, creative non-fiction, and research writing. Her work on Progressive Era instruction and archival research has been published in Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, College English and several edited collections. With Barbara L'Eplattenier, she co-edited Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and the Formation of a Discipline (Parlor Press, 2004), which received the Best Book Award from the Council of Writing Program Administrators.