News, Events, and Calls

The WAC Clearinghouse is currently seeking applications for the position of social media coordinator. The social media coordinator will be responsible for publicizing:

• scholarly publications and instructional and professional resources available through the WAC Clearinghouse;
• opportunities to serve on various WAC Clearinghouse editorial teams; and
• other activities associated with the WAC Clearinghouse.

Deadline for applications is February 9, 2026. View the full position description.

Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric has released its Winter 2026 issue, volume 28, number 2. The new issue includes work by more than two dozen contributors, many of whose work appears in a cluster conversation on feminist rhetorical approaches to visual culture, which is edited by Rachel E. Molko, Alexis Sabryn Walston, and Hannah Taylor. View the new issue.

The AWAC Research and Publications committee invites all WAC leaders and researchers at all stages of their careers (including graduate students) to a special online research networking event.

The Journal of Writing Analytics has released its eighth volume of work. The new issue, built around the theme of sustaining programs of research in writing analytics, includes work by Megan KaneRoger Yallop, Djuddah A.J. Leijen, Susan M. Lang, Tom Slagle, Raymond Oenbring, S. Morgan Gresham, Alaina Tackitt, Danielle Wetzel, Jessica Nastal, and Brian Gogan. View the new issue.

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.

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.

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. 

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.