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Submissions from 2022
Social Justice Conference Planning for Writing Studies: Frameworks, Triumphs, and Challenges, Antonio Byrd, Maria Novotny, Michael Pemberton, and Vershawn Young
Reflections, Janet Dale
Uninvited, Janet Dale
Assessing L2 writing in the digital age: Opportunities and challenges, Jinrong Li and Mimi Li
Using Perusall to Motivate Students’ Curriculum-based Academic Reading, Mimi Li and Jinrong Li
Common Misconceptions about Text Recycling in Scientific Writing, Cary A. Moskovitz, Susanne Hall, and Michael Pemberton
Not the Discarding but the Cleaving, Christina Olson
Submissions from 2021
Understanding Text Recycling: A Guide for Researchers, Susanne Hall, Cary A. Moskovitz, and Michael Pemberton
Loyal, Laura Valeri
Submissions from 2020
Gaming Design Thinking: Wicked Problems, Sufficient Solutions, and the Possibility Space of Games, Laquana Cooke, Lisa Dusenberry, and Joy Robinson
Building Psychological Safety Through Training Interventions: Manage the Team, Not Just the Project, Lisa Dusenberry and Joy Robinson
Book Review: Investigative Creative Writing: Teaching and Practice by Mark Spitzer, Laura Valeri
Submissions from 2019
State of the Field: Teaching with Digital Tools in the Writing and Communication Classroom, Joy Robinson, Lisa Dusenberry, Liz Hutter, Halcyon Lawrence, Andy Frazee, and Rebecca Burnett
Collaborative Strategies for Distributed Teams: Innovation Through Interlaced Collaborative Writing., Joy Robinson, Lisa Dusenberry, and Halcyon Lawrence
Serious Interactive Fiction: Constraints, Interfaces, and Creative Writing Pedagogy, Robert Terry and Lisa Dusenberry
Assembly Heart, Laura Valeri
Harlequin Babies, Laura Valeri
Telltale Interviews: Lessons in True-Life Trauma Narratives, Laura Valeri
A Step Beyond Show Don’t Tell: The Poetic Image in Fiction, Laura E. Valeri
The Tale: What Fox’s Narrative Structure Can Teach Us About Writing True Stories, Laura E. Valeri
Submissions from 2018
Being There, Lisa A. Costello
Review of The Child Savage, 1890–2010: From Comics to Games ed. by Elisabeth Wesseling, Lisa Dusenberry
Turnitin and peer review in ESL academic writing classrooms, Jinrong Li and Mimi Li
The Online Language Learning Imperative: Maximizing Assessment Practices to Ensure Student Success, Stephanie Link and Jinrong Li
Google, Baidu, the Library, and ACRL Framework: Assessing Information-Seeking Behaviors of First-Year Multilingual Writers through Research-Aloud Protocols, Llian W. Mina, Jeanne Law Bohanan, and Jinrong Li
More Than Skin-Deep: Reading Past Whiteness in Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”, Laura Valeri
Toxic Machismo, Sexual Identity, and Heritage in the Southwest: An Interview with Jose Skinner, Laura Valeri
Ice Storm, Laura E. Valeri
If Math Students Acted Like Creative Writing Students, Laura E. Valeri
Translation of Exile Camp by Diego Valeri, Laura E. Valeri
What They Know, Laura E. Valeri
Submissions from 2017
Online Peer Review Using Turnitin in First-Year Writing Classes, Mimi Li and Jinrong Li
Final Report: Georgia Southern University ad hoc Committee on Student Ratings of Instruction, Nan S. LoBue, Trent W. Maurer, E. Ochieng, and Cordelia Zinskie
A President Ruled By Insecurity Is More Predictable Than You Think, Jared Yates Sexton
Donald Trump and America’s Broken Populist Promise, Jared Yates Sexton
Donald Trump Didn’t Create The Rage That Fueled Charlottesville, But He Sure As Hell Unleashed It, Jared Yates Sexton
Hillbilly Sellout: The Politics of J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Are Already Being Used To Gut The Working Poor, Jared Yates Sexton
My Roadtrip With A Republican, Jared Yates Sexton
Stop Normalizing Trump’s Dangerous Behavior, Jared Yates Sexton
The Hidden Man, Jared Yates Sexton
The Invisibles, Jared Yates Sexton
The Maddening Narrative That IU Fans Are Reasonable Is Just Plain Wrong, Jared Yates Sexton
The Nixon Disease, Jared Yates Sexton
The President Who Worsens Suffering, Jared Yates Sexton
The Prison of Our Skulls, Jared Yates Sexton
What It’s Like To Report On Extremism In The Era of Trump, Jared Yates Sexton
When Is Enough Enough: Pondering Revolution As A State Fails, Jared Yates Sexton
Why Trump Doesn’t Need Fox News Anymore, Jared Yates Sexton
Dog Island Trash Talk, Laura E. Valeri
Hindu Lore with a Southern Twang: An Interview with Joshilyn Jackson, Laura E. Valeri
Translation of Room 347 by Diego Valeri, Laura E. Valeri
White, Like Me, Laura E. Valeri
Submissions from 2016
Explaining Dynamic Interactions in Wiki-Based Collaborative Writing, Mimi Li and Wei Zhu
American Horror Story, Jared Yates Sexton
A Nation Forever On The Brink, Jared Yates Sexton
A New Heaven and A New Earth, Jared Yates Sexton
A State of Shame, Jared Yates Sexton
At Long Last: Boy. And. Howdy, Jared Yates Sexton
Carry What You Can Kill, Jared Yates Sexton
Donald Trump’s Toxic Masculinity, Jared Yates Sexton
Don’t Speed In Register, Georgia, Jared Yates Sexton
Idiots Stuck In A Hallway, Jared Yates Sexton
Is The Trump Campaign A Giant Safe Space For The Right?, Jared Yates Sexton
I Told The Truth About A Donald Trump Rally Then The Trolls Threatened My Life, Jared Yates Sexton
Mystery, Babylon, Father of Abominations, Jared Yates Sexton
The Battle of New York: Our New Reality, Jared Yates Sexton
The Crumbling Façade of Donald J. Trump, Jared Yates Sexton
The Dead and The Dying From The First Presidential Debate, Jared Yates Sexton
The Dead and The Dying In Jacksonville, Jared Yates Sexton
The Dead and The Dying In The Granite State, Jared Yates Sexton
The Donald Trump Campaign Has Become A Cult, Jared Yates Sexton
The End of the Beginning, Jared Yates Sexton
The Green Party Has No Shame, Jared Yates Sexton
The Hole Only Gets Deeper, Jared Yates Sexton
The Locked Door, Jared Yates Sexton
The Long Walk, Jared Yates Sexton
The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shore, Jared Yates Sexton
There Will Be Blood, Jared Yates Sexton
The Swan Song, Jared Yates Sexton
The Time Is Nigh, Jared Yates Sexton
Though We Have Faltered, Jared Yates Sexton
Trump’s Train Considers A Scary Thought: He May Lose, Jared Yates Sexton
We All Must Humble Ourselves Now, Jared Yates Sexton
When The Devil’s At Your Door, Jared Yates Sexton
Who Sells These Crude, Misogynistic T-Shirts? Men Like ‘DC Dave', Jared Yates Sexton
Where The Deplorables Go From Here, Jared Yates Sexton and Chauncey Devega
After Life as a Human, Laura E. Valeri
Coming of Age in Killadelphia as a Writer, Artist and Filmmaker: An Interview with MK Asante, Laura E. Valeri
The Secret Language of Women: A Review of Nina Romano’s Debut Novel, Laura E. Valeri
Waking, Dreaming, Sleeping, Silence, Laura E. Valeri
Submissions from 2015
Blogging a Research Paper? Researched Blogs as New Models of Public Discourse, Lisa A. Costello
Standing Up and Standing Together: Feminist Teaching and Collaborative Mentoring, Lisa A. Costello
Filter. Remix. Make. Cultivating Adaptability Through Multimodality, Lisa Dusenberry, Liz Hutter, and Joy Robinson
Aristotle Writing Science: An Application of His Theory, Timothy D. Giles
Review of Solving Problems in Technical Communication, Timothy D. Giles
Googling Academe, Timothy D. Giles, Angela Crow, and Janice R. Walker
Understanding Variations Between Student and Teacher Application of Rubrics, Jinrong Li and Peggy J. Lindsey
Rethinking the Role of Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) Feedback in ESL Writing Instruction, Jinrong Li, Stephanie Link, and Volker Hegelheimer
Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter, Jared Yates Sexton
A Black Label Man, Jared Yates Sexton
