Ann Blakeslee is a professor of written communication at Eastern Michigan University, where she directs the Office of Campus and Community Writing, which houses the Writing across the Curriculum Program, the University Writing Center, and the Eastern Michigan Writing Project. Cathy Fleischer is a professor of English education and written communication at Eastern Michigan University, where she co-directs the Eastern Michigan Writing Project and serves as Faculty Associate for the Office of Campus and Community Writing. She also serves as editor for the Principles in Practice Imprint for the National Council of Teachers of English.
Becoming a Writing Researcher immerses less experienced researchers in two critically important aspects for learning: deep identity work and extensive practice with and reflection on research strategies. It is practical in all the best ways: grounded in the lived experience of graduate student researchers, full of purposeful exercises and reflective activities, carefully attuned to the needs of newer researchers in Writing Studies. My students are far better off for having used this thoughtful guide for their own projects. -- Heidi Estrom, Boise State University An approachable but remarkably in-depth guide to qualitative research in writing. The case studies enable readers to imagine themselves becoming real researchers, and multiple examples illustrate a variety of approaches rather than just one 'right' way. -- Cheryl Geisler, Simon Fraser University, Canada