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The Biographical Profile of Janet EmigJanet EmigJanet Emig began her career in the field of education as a high school teacher. Feeling a sense of dissatisfaction
at the expectations for student writing and the lack of information for the writing process, Emig continued her own education. Her dissertation on a case study involving the writing processes of twelfth graders was later published as a book. The subject of her papers and articles deal directly with the ways in which people write and think about writing. She has also explored the ideas of the brain and its function as it relates to writing, not to mention the stages of writing development from childhood through adolescence as adulthood and they relate to the studies of psychologists like Vygotsky. Though Emig is notoriously evasive about her personal life, she is currently Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University in the Graduate School of Education. Information obtained from: Bauman, Amy. “For Janet Emig, the Road Less Traveled Has Made All the Difference.” The Council Chronicle, (November 2006). 20 Nov 2007. <www.ncte.org/pubs/chron/highlights/126099.htm>
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