Patricia L StockPatricia Lambert Stock is the editor of Composition's Roots in English Education. Professor Emerita of English and Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures at Michigan State University, Patti has served as Associate Director of the Syracuse UniversityWriting Program, as well as Founding Director of Michigan State University's Writing Center and of two National Writing Project sites. A former president of NCTE and recipient of the council's Distinguished Service Award, she has written books and articles about literacy teaching and learning, teacher research, the scholarship of teaching, writing programs and centers, and contingent faculty in higher education. Her published work has been recognized with the James Britton, Richard A. Meade, and Janet Emig Awards; with Hofstra University's National Research Award; and, with Eileen Schell, the CCCC's Outstanding Book Award. Read More Read Less