Writing Studies Encyclopedia of Research (WiSER)

WiSER’s primary goal is to support emerging and established scholars affiliated with the academic discipline of Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (CIP Code 23.13 ). Methods and methodologies used to produce research contribute to disciplinary meaning-making. We are especially eager for authors to propose entries where they have expertise, or emerging experience. Writers equipped to propose an entry may be:

• Established or emerging scholars working on article- or monograph- length projects within rhetoric/composition/writing studies
• Graduate students’ who’ve drafted a methods section or chapter for a dissertation or thesis
• Undergraduate or graduate students in methods/methodologies coursework within the field of writing studies / rhetoric and composition

Additional readers include community collaborators, scholars from beyond the field of Writing Studies, and academic audiences.

The encyclopedia is an iterative, living space. Methods evolve and change over time. There are two primary ways to contribute to the encyclopedia. At present, we are most interested in new entries that comprehensively provide guidance to readers on the practice and uses of a specific method (a method of data collection or an analytic method). In future years, revisitation cycles for each entry will provide opportunities for scholars to revise existing entries.

If you are interested in contributing an entry, we are presently inviting contributions on specific methods. Please use the template provided here. If you have questions or would like to learn whether your proposed entry may already be in the review pipeline, reach out to Johanna Phelps, editor of WiSER at methods.encyclopedia@gmail.com. We are eager to support early career researchers, especially, and welcome inquiry emails and submissions on an ongoing basis.

Ready to submit? Please submit using the WAC Resources submission portal here .

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