Introduction
Maynard, Stark, and May, each working in three different contexts–(1) a writing center, (2) an undergraduate major in writing, and (3) marketing in the private sector–create digital zines to reflect on the questions Yancey prompted them to ask in directing their dissertations. In addition, these three pose questions for the future of Rhetoric and Writing Studies.
Travis Maynard Qs
- How do we stay alive, motivated and engaged—as individuals in the
discipline, and as a discipline in a sociopolitical environment increasingly
hostile to education, the humanities, and seemingly humanity?
- How can we better harness students’
previous and co-curricular lifewide
writing as it develops into lifespan
writing?
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How can we encourage researchers
to take up Replicable, Aggregable,
Data-driven research? How can we
be better privilege RAD research in
our publishing forums?
- How can we demonstrate our
neoliberal value while retaining our
commitments to the humanities and
social justice?
Amanda May Qs
- What do writers at this institution
need?
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What will writers at this institution
respond to or engage with?
- What do tutors at this institution
need?
Katelyn Stark Qs
- How can graduate programs in
Writing Studies open pathways that
prepare students—at both the M.A.
and Ph.D. levels—for robust career
opportunities in both academia and
industry?
- How might researchers, faculty, and graduate students collaborate with, learn alongside, and study adult professional writers actively engaged in industry settings?
