News, Events, and Calls
- Traci Gardner, News Editor
We publish news from the WAC and writing communities. Visit to catch up on upcoming conferences, see calls for proposals, notices of newly published books and other scholarly projects, stories of WAC programs and practitioners in the news. If you have WAC news you want to share, please send a note to WACClearinghouseNews@gmail.com.
- December 5, 2025
- Join AWAC PODS (People Opening Discourse about WAC)
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Sign up for AWAC PODS this Winter. AWAC PODS are are self-forming and self-supporting small groups of 4-6 WAC administrators who meet on a regular schedule to discuss all things WAC.
- December 4, 2025
- New Book: Writing Studies in Latin America: Seminal Works
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New book collects work from key Latin American scholars published over the past two decades. The result is a book that points to future directions for the increasingly global field of writing studies.
- November 26, 2025
- Journal of Basic Writing Releases Its Latest Issue
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The spring 2025 issue of the Journal of Basic Writing is now available on the WAC Clearinghouse. The issue includes work by Emily K. Suh, Bethany E. Sweeney, Jennifer Burke Reifman, Candace Chambers, Spencer Salas, and William DeGenaro. View the new issue.
- November 22, 2025
- Emerging Voices: New Interview Series
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The first of three interview series launches at the WAC Clearinghouse. The Emerging Voices Series focuses on scholars who are currently making and remaking the field of writing studies.
- November 11, 2025
- Community of Inquiry Framework in Writing Studies Published
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The Community of Inquiry Framework in Writing Studies applies a social constructivist model of online learning to writing studies as it investigates peer review in hybrid and online first-year writing courses.
- November 6, 2025
- WLN Releases Its 50th Volume
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WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship has released volume 50, issue 1. The new issue includes articles by Megan Connor, Destiny Brugman, Cameron Cavaliere, Liliana M. Naydan, and Brady Hall. Contratulations to all involved for reaching this milestone. View the new issue.
- November 5, 2025
- Peitho Releases Its Fall 2025 Issue
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Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric has released its Fall 2025 issue, volume 28, number 1. This is the first issue published by its new editorial team, led by editors Jamie White-Farnham, Bryna Siegel Finer, and Cathryn Molloy. The new issue includes work by Carolyn Skinner, Kelly Franklin, Randy Reece, Stephanie A. Leow, Paige V. Banaji, Carina Jiaxing Shi, and Jessica Enoch. View the new issue.
- October 24, 2025
- RLEE Releases Its Latest Issue
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Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de la Escritura (RLEE) has released its fourth issue. The journal is endorsed by the Latin American Writing Studies Association (ALES) and is published biannually by the Clearinghouse. Read and download the new issue.
- September 6, 2025
- TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments #3
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The third update to TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments (Eds. Carly Schnitzler, Annette Vee, and Tim Laquintano) includes 23 assignments that feature AI or text generation technology in creative and innovative ways.
- August 31, 2025
- Changing Paths of Academic Lives
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New from the Practices & Possibilities book series, Changing Paths of Academic Lives: Revising How We Understand Higher Education, 1960s to 2020s and Beyond, edited by Harvey J. Graff, examines the misunderstandings surrounding “academic paths,” or the variety of careers that constitute in full or in part higher education.