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Nancy Sommers

Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches writing and mentors new writing teachers at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers and Responding to Student Writing are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition.  Her recent work involves a longitudinal study of college writing to understand the role writing plays in undergraduate education. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Ninth Edition (2010).
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  • Available April 2014

    CompClass for The Bedford Handbook (Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Online Course Space

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2014 | Ninth Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457650543

        
  • Available January 2014

    CompClass 2 for A Writer's Reference (Access Card)

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2014 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457656910

    A Writer's Reference, the most widely adopted handbook in the United States .....[+]

                
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    Writer's Help with A Student's Guide (Four Year Access Card)

    Diana Hacker; Stephen A. Bernhardt; Nancy Sommers
    ©2013 | First Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457642821

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    Student Site for Fields of Reading
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Student Site

    Nancy R. Comley; Carl H. Klaus; David Hamilton; Robert Scholes; Nancy Sommers; Jason Tougaw
    ©2013 | Tenth Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457623813

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  • Writer's Help with A Student's Guide (Two Year Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Online Handbook

    Diana Hacker; Stephen A. Bernhardt; Nancy Sommers
    ©2011 | First Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457642838

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    Student Site for Pocket Style Manual (APA)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Student Site

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2013 | Sixth Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457628481

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  • E-Book for Rules for Writers (Four Year Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Interactive e-Book

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2012 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457610714

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  • Between the Drafts
    An Online Teaching Journal and Blog

    Nancy Sommers
    ©2012 | First Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457617928

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  • E-Book for A Writer's Reference (Two Year Access Card)
    Online & Interactive

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2011 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457610769

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  • E-Book for A Writer's Reference (4 Year Access)
    Online & Interactive

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2011 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457610721

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  • E-Book for A Canadian Writer's Reference (Four Year Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Interactive e-Book

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2012 | Fifth Edition, Canadian Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457610660

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  • CompClass for A Canadian Writer's Reference (Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's online course space

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2012 | Fifth Edition, Canadian Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457607929

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  • E-Book for A Canadian Writer's Reference (Two Year Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Interactive e-Book

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2012 | Fifth Edition, Canadian Edition
    ISBN-13: 9781457607905

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  • CompClass for A Writer's Reference (Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's online course space

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2011 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9780312648961

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  • E-Book for A Writer's Reference (Access Card)
    A Bedford/St. Martin's Interactive e-Book

    Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
    ©2011 | Seventh Edition
    ISBN-13: 9780312648992

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Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches writing and mentors new writing teachers at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.  She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers and Responding to Student Writing are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition.  Her recent work involves a longitudinal study of college writing to understand the role writing plays in undergraduate education. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Ninth Edition (2010).