An essential reference for students and scholars exploring the methods and methodologies of writing research.

What does it mean to research writing today? What are the practical and theoretical issues researchers face when approaching writing as they do? What are the gains or limitations of applying particular methods, and what might researchers be overlooking? These questions and more are answered by the writing research field s leading scholars in "Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and Methodologies."

Editors Nickoson and Sheridan gather twenty chapters from leaders in...