Editors

Tony Silva is Professor of ESL in the Department of English at Purdue University, where he coordinates the ESL writing program. He founded and chairs the Symposium on Second Language Writing, and edited On Second Language Writing (2001), Landmark Essays on Second Language Writing (2001), and Second Language Writing Research (2005). He serves on the editorial boards of Assessing Writing, Journal of Basic Writing, and Writing Program Administration. His research on second language writing has appeared in TESOL Quarterly, College Composition and Communication, and a number of other journals.

Ilona Leki is Professor of English and Director of ESL at the University of Tennessee. Her books include Understanding ESL Writers: A Guide for Teachers, Academic Writing: Exploring Processes and Strategies, and Reading in the Composition Classroom: Second Language Perspectives (with Joan Carson). Her research interests center around the development of academic literacy, and she is winner of the 1996 TESOL/Newbury House Distinguished Researcher Award.