CWPA Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Writing Program Administration
Note: This award is for article-length works published outside of the WPA: Writing Program Administration journal.
The CWPA Outstanding Scholarship Award calls attention to the range and depth of scholarly work being done on writing program administration broadly understood across various publication venues. This award recognizes an outstanding article-length work published in a peer-reviewed edited collection or any refereed journal other than WPA: Writing Program Administration (copyright date, not publication date, must be 2024).
We encourage scholarship that meets most or all of the following criteria:
- Uses an informed methodological, theoretical, or pedagogical perspective to present new knowledge about writing programs, writing program administration, and/or writing processes and theories relevant to WPAs;
- Explores issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, engages with interrogating power structures and privilege, or addresses issues of relevance to diverse institutional and research contexts;
- Takes a generative stance that suggests ways of thinking that WPAs may use to build on or transform the ideas presented;
- Employs empirical, observational, or theoretical evidence that illustrates real and current practices in writing programs and in institutions;
- Speaks to the potential for replication or application in other professional or institutional contexts.
To nominate or self-nominate a text, please send the following attachments to Adam Phillips at adamphillips no later than April 3rd, 2026:
- A PDF of the text, or a link to where it may be found online, in the case of a web publication;
- A brief statement (one page or less) that addresses how the text meets the criteria listed above;
- Contact information (if known) for the author/s of the text nominated for consideration.
Inquiries can be directed to Adam, and self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
The winner(s) will be announced in July 2026.
Members of the award committee are as follows:
Adam Phillips (Chair), University of South Florida, adamphillips
Joshua Barsczewski, Muhlenberg College, joshuabarsczewski
Callie F. Kostelich, Baylor University, callie_f_kostelich
Nathalie Singh-Corcoran, West Virginia University, nsinghco
Carrie Kilfoil, Central Connecticut State University, kilfoilc
Carina Jiaxing Shi, University of Maryland, College Park, jshi58
Maureen Gokey, Russell Sage College, gokeym
Nicholas Behn, Elmhurst University, behmn
Zoe McDonald, Sam Houston State University, znm004
Alexis Teagarden, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, ateagarden
Adam Phillips, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction &
Associate Director of FYC
English Department
University of South Florida
Cooper Hall, 294
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