Chapter 4, Additional Exercise 2: Interviewing a Co-author of an Article

Interview a professor in your department who has published a collaboratively written article. Ask this professor to describe the collaborative techniques he or she used in writing the article and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of those techniques. In what ways and to what extent do the professor's insights confirm the discussion about collaboration in this chapter? Write a 500-word memo to your instructor that briefly summarizes the professor's main points and analyzes the information you have gathered. (See Chapter 6 for a discussion of interviewing and Chapter 14 for a discussion of memos.)