Amy J. Wan

About the Author

Amy J. Wan is the author of Producing Good Citizens: Literacy Training in Anxious Times (Composition, Literacy, and Culture, 163), a scholarly study of literacy, education, and civic formation. Her work examines how cultural anxieties shape ideas about writing, instruction, citizenship, and public life, connecting historical inquiry with questions that remain relevant to contemporary educators and readers. Through careful research and clear, engaging analysis, Wan illuminates the relationships among literacy practices, institutional priorities, and democratic ideals. Her scholarship will interest readers in composition studies, literacy studies, rhetoric, education, and the history of American intellectual and cultural life.