Hi Folks,
I’m pleased to share the news that a new open-access book has been added to the WAC Clearinghouse (https://wac.colostate.edu). This book appears in the Perspectives on Writing book series, which is edited by Rich Rice and J. Michael Rifenburg.
Improvisations: Methods and Methodologies in Lifespan Writing Research
Edited by Ryan J. Dippre and Talinn Phillips
Improvisations provides readers with insights and options as they develop new lifespan writing research projects or seek to re-orient existing projects to incorporate a lifespan lens. In Part 1 of this edited collection, contributors consider research methodologies that have been adapted to the particular demands of lifespan writing research, with each methodology given two chapters: one that outlines the process of taking up the methodology, and another that provides a detailed example of the methodology in action. In Part 2, contributors suggest new methodologies for lifespan writing research and highlight challenges that this line of inquiry presents as an ethical and socially conscious research agenda. These chapters, representing both established experts and new voices in writing, literacy, and education research, will be of use to graduate students and novice researchers, accomplished researchers pivoting to this area of study for the first time, and others who want to learn more about lifespan writing research.
You can find the book at https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/improvisations/. This book, like other books published by the Clearinghouse, will be available in a print edition from University Press of Colorado in the coming months. Thanks to Ryan and Talinn for their work on the book and for their decision to share it with us as an open-access publication. Thanks as well to the anonymous peer reviewers who contributed to its development. All the best,
Mike
Mike Palmquist
Publisher, The WAC Clearinghouse
Professor of English
University Distinguished Teaching Scholar
Colorado State University
Email: Mike.Palmquist
