Reflecting upon the Past, Sitting with the Present, and Charting our Future: Gail Hawisher and Cynthia, Selfe Discussing the Community of Computers & Composition

• Many early pioneers of the community of computers & writing had feminist leanings.
• Have to attend continually to technology developments with a critical eye.
• Privacy, surveillance, and anonymity may be future concerns for scholars and teachers.
• Turning to the global in making new connections with international researchers important.

This interview with Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe highlights themes of collaboration and access, in addition to the importance of the work people in the community of computers and writing contribute nationally and internationally to the field, to rhetoric and composition, and to other disciplines. Both Hawisher and Self reflect upon thirty years of scholarship in Computers and Composition as well as discuss present initiatives with the Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives and Computers and Composition Digital Press, in addition to charting our future with a turn to the global.