Review of Faculty Writing Support: Emerging Research from Rhetoric and Composition Studies

Abstract

Faculty Writing Support: Emerging Research from Rhetoric and Composition Studies, edited by Jaclyn Wells, Lars Söderlund, and Christine Tulley, is a recent contribution to the "Perspectives on Writing" series. Published in collaboration by The WAC Clearinghouse and University Press of Colorado, the book is open access and available online. The collection expands the burgeoning subfield of faculty writing studies within Rhetoric and Composition. It adds to a growing body of work, such as Christine Tulley’s How Writing Faculty Write (2018) and Anne Ellen Geller and Michele Eodice’s Working With Faculty Writers (2013). With a strong disciplinary stance, its intention, as described in the introduction, is to move beyond anecdotal advice to present empirically grounded research on how faculty write and how their writing can be supported. Chapters feature diverse methodologies, mostly including surveys, interviews, case studies, and audio recordings of writing groups, providing "first looks" at research interventions with faculty and advanced graduate students.