Preparing College Teachers of Writing: Histories Theories Programs Practices offers essential advice to writing program administrators teachers of methods courses and practica and mentors of new writing faculty as well as graduate students studying for professions in writing program administration. This extensive collection discusses the contexts structures development practices and evaluation of teaching assistant (TA) preparation programs in writing pedagogy. It features essays by thirty-five prominent experts in college composition and three former graduate students who participated in TA preparation programs. These contributors from twenty-nine different institutions represent decades of experience as well as significant geographic and demographic diversity.