Rhetoric and Writing on the US-Mexico Border and Beyond

Barry Thatcher is Department Head and Professor of English, New Mexico State University, USA.

1. Introduction to border inquiry and g aps in current rhetorical and linguistic theory 2. Importance of boundaries, etic and emic forms of writing, and contingent universalities for robust theories of border rhetoric and culture 3. Spanish and English and rhetoric and writing in Mexico, U.S., and the border 4. Human Capability Approach-Agency, functionings, capabilities, and interpersonal well-being on the border 5. Six border writing capabilities and needed developments in writing curriculum and pedagogy 6. Capability sets of professionals along the U.S-Mexico border 7. Capability sets of writers at U.S. border universities 8. Capability sets of Spanish-dominant writers at three non-border U.S. universities 9. Capability sets of undergraduate writers at three Mexican universities 10. Developing U.S. academic writing courses for Spanish-English multilingual students 11. Developing English writing courses in Latin America and elsewhere for global human capability and development 12. Institutional and program development on U.S. universities working with Spanish-English multilinguals