My research questions are grounded in how we can improve activities of study, administration, and pedagogy in writing studies. This means a focus on how writing program administration can be understood through design thinking because of a shared emphasis on flexibility and human-centeredness. In addition to theorizing and supporting what I’m calling agile writing program administration, I engage in research that promotes further advancement of empirical research in writing studies through areas like user-centered survey design and mentorship of early-career academic researchers in our field.
Read more about my research agenda and future projects.
Publications
From my own undergraduate research to pieces out of my dissertation study, I’ve produced four peer-reviewed publications including pieces in Computers & Composition Online and Rhetoric Review.
Conference Presentations
Because I started my PhD at the height of a pandemic, my conference travel has been a bit limited. However, you can see my presentation materials here as I attend more conferences!
Dissertation
Read more about my dissertation project, “Mentoring, advocacy, resilience: Investigating strategies of agility by writing program administrators,” defended Spring 2024, here.
View the WPA Toolkit!
During Summer 2025, we were able to publish a modest beginning of Staples, Substitutions, and the Kitchen Sink: A toolkit for agile writing program administration.
Marisa Yerace 