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Composition Studies

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An academic journal dedicated to the range of professional practices associated with rhetoric and composition.

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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Babb & Beare aren't pretending to be neutral—they've taken stances in their classrooms and programs. But as editors, they're holding space for the full spectrum. They spent most of 2025 building a generative AI policy they're already calling "an evolving document."
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The editors' introduction to CS 53.2 considered calling itself an AI hallucination. It references Terminator 2, cites a McSweeney's satire, and catalogs every AI construct in science fiction. Underneath the humor, it's doing something genuinely difficult. 🧵
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Researched, drafted, reviewed, revised, edited, and published—by people who believe the field's questions matter. Which piece are you starting with? #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WePersistAllTheSame
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Six book reviews covering AI and writing, feminist technical communication, systemic bias in STEM, critical language awareness, DJ rhetoric, and multimodal transfer.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Four "Where We Are" essays on teaching writing in this moment. Campus protests, institutional erosion, fire and persistence, and finding the ocean. These are hard reads. They're supposed to be.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Two course designs rethinking FYC from the ground up—one built on critical AI literacy, the other on third places and composing from desire.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Six articles: generative AI as rhetorical memory, Black women's mentorship, an international GTA navigating the classroom, scrap writing as invention, dual enrollment pedagogy, and pandemic-era sustainability.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
23 contributors. 19 sections. 1 issue. The table of contents for Composition Studies 53.2 is here. Here's what's inside—and who made it. 🧵
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
These aren't four separate debates. They're a field reckoning with what comes next. Six articles. Two course designs. Four field-level responses. Read the full issue at compstudiesjournal.com. #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WePersistAllTheSame
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
04 — Composition as academic discipline / composition as political obligation. Four scholars respond to what the field owes the present moment. They don't agree with each other.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
03 — Teaching that transforms students / teaching that exhausts the people doing it. Pandemic workloads, dual enrollment, institutional creep. Several pieces examine where pedagogical commitment crosses into unsustainable labor.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
02 — Programs that promise mentorship / scholars who build a career without it. Five scholars in five programs describe the same structural gap. The pattern isn't anecdotal.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
01 — AI as unprecedented disruption / AI as the oldest rhetorical practice in new form. One article traces generative AI's logic back to classical memoria. The implications for teaching look different from either side of the usual debate.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Issue 53.2 of @CompStudies is built around four tensions the field is sitting with right now. A thread. 🧵
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Our editors see photography as a metaphor for composing—framing, organizing, attempting. Dozens of tries before the one that works. What do you return to in your work—not because you have to, but because you're still looking? #WePersistAllTheSame #CompositionStudies #RhetComp
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
"I write with a loving respect and patience for words in the same way I slow down, watch and wait in a kind of sustained engagement with nature." —Michael J. Day
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Day is professor emeritus at NIU. Now retired, he walks the same path twice a day, camera in hand, checking the same hollow tree. A few times a year—usually in spring—a face appears.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Every cover has a story. Every issue of Composition Studies starts with a cover. This one started with a walk along the Kishwaukee River. Meet Michael J. Day, the photographer behind 53.2's "Peekaboo Raccoon." 🧵
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Some big changes at Composition Studies. New submission policy: five-paragraph essays only. New section: Hot Takes. And a lifetime achievement award for Reviewer 2. Happy April Fools. 53.2 is coming soon—peer review included. #RhetComp #CompositionStudies
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Something's happening at the journal this week. We're not ready to share the details yet—but you'll want to check back on April 1st.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Issue 53.2 is built around three questions: What does AI actually change about writing? Whose experiences in rhet-comp have been silenced? And what does composition owe the political present? We're starting with the questions. Article highlights coming soon. Which one's yours?
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We keep having this conversation. What do we tell our students about GenAI? On the FEN Blog, Megan McIntyre slows it down—three questions about how GenAI works, what it costs, and when (if ever) it belongs in a writing classroom. bit.ly/genai-3quest...
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Talking to Students about Generative AI: 3 Questions For Teachers and Students to Consider
Megan McIntyre | University of Arkansas ChatGPT. Copilot. Claude. Gemini. Midjourney. Also: Grammarly. Canva. Outlook. Gmail. Google Docs. Microsoft Word. If you feel like generative AI (GenAI) pro…
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
That's a wrap on #4C26. Thank you to everyone who connected with us in Cleveland. Missed the discount? Still running through March 31: 📬 Domestic: $40 🌍 International: $70 🎓 Grad students: $15 Spotlights from 53.2 coming soon. #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WritingStudies
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Last day of #4C26. The ideas from this week's sessions keep following us into the hallway. What conversation has stuck with you this week? #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WritingStudies
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Getting a sticker never stops being fun. We don't make the rules. We're at #4C26—find our editors Jacob Babb or Zach Beare, say hello, and one is yours. No subscription required. Best bet: Editor's Table in the Action Hub. Also spotted near coffee. #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #CCCC2026
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The conversations at #4C26 will be good. The ones in our Fall issue might be better. $10 off any one-year subscription to Composition Studies: 📬 $40 domestic 🌍 $70 international 🎓 $15 grad students Scan the QR, use code "4C26." #CompositionStudies #RhetComp #WritingStudies
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
4C26 is this week, and Composition Studies will be in Cleveland. Our Fall issue just dropped—generative AI and editing, women of color in grad programs, and a forum on the field right now. Subscriber perk coming tomorrow. #4C26 #CompositionStudies #RhetComp
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This case study shows what shared documents can make possible—not just alignment, but community, visibility, and programmatic change. Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1 🔗 bit.ly/CS53-1
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A question for your program: If your outcomes statement vanished tomorrow • What would actually break? • Which courses or assessments would feel it first? • Who on campus would notice—and who wouldn’t?
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
These two campuses thingified the same document differently. That’s part of the article’s point: shared outcomes don’t erase difference. They can amplify it, if WPAs treat them as living documents rather than boundary objects.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
At UM, faculty used the outcomes to rethink the portfolio assessment rubric, recalibrate how they talked about evidence of learning, and refine how rhetoric fit into the program’s identity. The statement didn’t sit still—it reshaped practice.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
At USM, the shared outcomes became a lever for change—a three-course writing sequence, a reimagined approach to first-year writing, and even a new writing center. A single document helped make writing newly visible across campus.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
So they began with snapshots: Who are our students? What courses do we teach? What constraints shape our programs? Those conversations led to a system-wide outcomes statement designed to be flexible—and genuinely shared.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The pressure was real: system consolidation, calls for efficiency, and worries about losing local control. WPAs across the system were asked to "align"—but not flatten the real differences in their programs.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Most outcomes statements just sit in a PDF. This one didn’t. In their article, Aligning with and through Difference, Jessica Ouellette and Ryan Dippre trace how a shared outcomes statement reshaped two campuses in the University of Maine System. 🔗 bit.ly/CS53-1
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Taken together, these choices treat virtual conferencing not as a compromise, but as a way to live out our commitments to access, equity, and global dialogue. Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1 🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Accessibility isn’t an add-on here. The conference builds in a living accessibility guide for presenters, auto-captioned sessions, time-zone-aware scheduling, and volunteer committees that mentor presenters and moderate sessions.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Their case study: the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE). GSOLE’s all-virtual conference uses low-cost registration, IDEA-supported funding, and global scheduling to bring more online literacy educators into the conversation.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The authors point out that virtual conferences are often treated as “less than.” But when travel costs, caregiving, disability, and contingent pay keep people out, virtual formats can widen the room—who speaks, who listens, and who can afford to be there.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
In “Living Our Principles: Designing an Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Conference,” Theresa Evans, Kevin E. DePew, Amy Cicchino, and Cat Mahaffey share how GSOLE builds an all-virtual conference around equity and participation.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Are “real” conferences excluding people? For years, conferences have meant flights, hotels, and steep fees. What if our most inclusive, connected professional spaces are intentionally online? 🔗 bit.ly/wwa-living
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Working at the intersection of rhetoric, migration, and teaching? Katie Silvester reviews Cruz Medina’s Sanctuary, tracing how geopolitical forces shape literacies, citizenship, and belonging—vital for scholars and instructors alike. Read the full review: bit.ly/review-sanct...
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Why:TYCA National isn’t just a conference. It’s a blueprint for more equitable, more humane professional development—one that centers belonging across institutional lines. Read the full article in Composition Studies 53.1 🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Challenge: The “great divide” between community-college and four-year institutions still shapes our field. TYCA National models what it looks like to bridge that divide through care, coalition-building, and advocacy.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Shift: Then the pandemic hit. TYCA went digital—and access widened: lower cost, fewer travel hurdles, more space for contingent, caregiving, disabled, and rural colleagues.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The Origin: TYCA National didn’t start as a national conference. It grew from regional meetups into a 2019 launch designed by and for open-access literacy educators—community first, titles second.
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What if professional conferences built belonging—not barriers? Joanne Baird Giordano & Charissa Che trace how TYCA National became an open-access advocacy space for two-year college educators. 🔗 bit.ly/WWA_TYCA
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
What does it mean to “write the race” in America? Kimberly A. Bain reviews Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s The Black Box, tracing how language shapes—and constrains—Black identity. A sharp read with big stakes for our classrooms. Full review: bit.ly/review-black...
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Conferences build our field, but they don’t have to build barriers. Read Adisa & Condon in Composition Studies 53.1: bit.ly/www-future 💬 What’s one thing you love about conferences—and one thing you’d change to make them more equitable?
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Composition Studies @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Freestanding conferencing could happen right where we already gather: YouTube, Substack, Bluesky. It’s time to meet audiences where they are and keep ideas circulating beyond the convention hall.
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