Announcements

Dr. Michael Zerbe is a Professor of English at York College of Pennsylvania Who Gives Students the Chance to Work With YSW in the Classroom

2023-04-18

Michael Zerbe is a Professor of English at York College of Pennsylvania who teaches topics including the rhetoric of science and editing. Michael has supported Young Scholars in Writing in multiple classes allowing students to assist in the publishing process; last year, his Professional Editing class served as editorial assistants in Vol. 20 of YSW.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Shurli Makmillen

2023-04-11

Shurli Makmillen is an Assistant Professor of English at Claflin University. Outside of teaching, Shurli serves as a Faculty Advisory Editor (FAE) for Young Scholars in Writing. In Vol. 20, she worked with Maegen Sargent to edit her article, “Analyzing Hedge Frequency of Art Historical Undergraduate Research Essays for Writer Development.”
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John “Jack” Selzer Talks About The Center for Democratic Deliberation at Penn State University and Their Partnership with Young Scholars in Writing for the 2022 National Undergraduate Essay Contest

2023-04-04

John “Jack” Selzer is a Liberal Arts Professor Emeritus of English specializing in Rhetoric and Composition. As a recent member of The Center for Democratic Deliberation Faculty Advisory Board, he studies The Rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement. Jack wrote “Center For Democratic Deliberation Essay Contest Winner Introduction” to introduce Dana Diab, the author of “Bridging the Gap: Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement,” in Vol. 20 of YSW.
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Curious about our past authors? Read “YSW Retrospectives: What Does It Mean to Publish in Young Scholars in Writing?” in Volume 20 to learn their stories.

2023-03-31

“YSW Retrospectives: What Does It Mean to Publish in Young Scholars in Writing?” looks back at YSW authors from 2005–20022 and where they are now. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of YSW, the editors reached out to authors who were published throughout the journal’s history to ask for short reflections on their publications and how the experience had an influence on their lives.
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Meet Lexi Stewart, Author of “Retrospective Interview with YSW's Past and Present Editors”

2023-03-28

Lexi Stewart is a York College of Pennsylvania senior majoring in Professional Writing with a minor in Creative Writing. She is the author of “Retrospective Interview with YSW's Past and Present Editors” in Vol. 20.
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Meet Gwendolynne Reid, the Director of the Writing Program, Assistant Professor of English, and Student Mentor at Oxford College of Emory University

2023-03-24

Gwendolynne Reid is the Writing Program Director and an English Assistant Professor at Oxford College of Emory University. Gwendolynne is a faculty member and mentor who has encouraged many of her students to submit to Young Scholars in Writing, the most recent being Mercedes Sarah, the author of “Covert Resistance to #MeToo: The Uptake of Social Change and Public Anxiety in the Men’s Lifestyle Magazine Cover Genre,” in Vol. 20.
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Meet Liz Crouse, Author of “Toward Ethnographic Justice: Equitable Research with and for Linguistically Diverse Communities”

2023-03-21

Liz Crouse graduated from Elon University in May 2022 with a BA in Professional Writing and Rhetoric. She is working as the Policy and Advocacy Manager at Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity in Washington. Liz is the author of “Toward Ethnographic Justice: Equitable Research with and for Linguistically Diverse Communities” in Vol. 20 of YSW.
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Meet Yizhuo Yang, Author of “Cinematizing Immunity: The Rhetorical Effects Of Science Fiction In The Public Communication Of Science”

2023-03-14

Yizhuo Yang wrote about the rhetorical effects of CGI and Artificial Intelligence.
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Meet Mercedes Sarah, Author of “Covert Resistance to #MeToo: The Uptake of Social Change and Public Anxiety in the Men’s Lifestyle Magazine Cover Genre”

2023-03-08

Mercedes Sarah is a sophomore at Oxford College of Emory University majoring in History and Creative Writing. Mercedes is the author of “Covert resistance to #MeToo: The Uptake of Social Change and Public Anxiety in the Men's Lifestyle Magazine Cover Genre.”
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Meet Ashlyn Bellman, Co-Author of “Supporting Business Students in the Writing Center”

2023-03-06

Ashlyn Bellman is a York College of Pennsylvania senior studying Entrepreneurship and Innovation with a minor in Professional Writing. Her piece, “Supporting Business Students in the Writing Center,” was co-written with Marilyn Damord.
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Meet Dana Diab, Author of “Bridging the Gap: Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement” and winner of the Penn State Center for Democratic Deliberation’s National Undergraduate Essay Contest

2023-03-03

For Dana, the most exciting part of researching her topic was digging deeper into the history of Black women in politics, which aligned with a course she took on the same subject.
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Meet the Co-Authors of “Why They Struggle: A Research - Teaching Project Highlighting Challenges Faced by Multilingual Students in U.S. Universities”

2023-02-28

International Michigan State University students, Panathip (Ky) Chimrak, Juhua (Hayden) Huang, Apichaya Thaneerat, and Nadiah Binti Mohamed came together to research and write their piece on multilingual students.
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Meet Marilyn Damord, Co-Author of “Supporting Business Students in the Writing Center”

2023-02-24

Marilyn Damord is a Professional Writing major at York College of Pennsylvania with a minor in Visual Communication. She is also a Presidential Research Fellow, allowing her to focus her writing on research initiatives. Her piece, “Supporting Business Students in the Writing Center,” was written with her cohort, Ashlyn Bellman.
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Meet Maegen Sargent, author of “Analyzing Hedge Frequency of Art Historical Undergraduate Research Essays for Writer Development.”

2023-02-21

Maegen Sargent is from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. She recently graduated from the University of Fraser Valley with a BA and two minors in Art History and English. She is working on her MA in Art and Architectural History at Carleton University. Maegen published her research article, “Analyzing Hedge Frequency of Art Historical Undergraduate Research Essays for Writer Development,” in YSW Vol. 20.
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Introducing the YSW Spring 2023 Intern

2023-02-14

Meet Alex Merritt, the Spring 2023 Young Scholars in Writing intern.
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YSW Intern Lexi Stewart Reflects on Experience at CCCC Workshop

2022-04-05

Young Scholars in Writing intern Lexi Stewart shares her experience from attending the 2022 Conference on College Composition & Communication.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Michael Rifenburg

2022-03-25

Michael Rifenburg describes his experience advising Emily Lawrence on her YSW article.
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Meet Abigail Kremer, Author of “Coding the Whiteboard Space: How a Pandemic Prompted a Project in Online Writing Center Research”

2022-03-22

Abigail Kremer discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the creation of her YSW article.
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Meet Jamie Smith, Co-Author of “A Mixed Methods Approach to Analyzing Writing Center Session Notes”

2022-03-18

Jamie Smith reflects on the process of writing and publishing her co-authored article and the impact this experience has had.
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Introducing Zoe DeKruif, Co-Author of “A Mixed Methods Approach to Analyzing Writing Center Session Notes”

2022-03-15

Zoe DeKruif discusses their experience co-authoring with Jamie Smith on their YSW article that discusses the use of mixed methods when exploring feedback on writing center sessions.
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Introducing Haley Wellner, Author of “Genre Cross-Writing: A Methodology for Writing as Our Selves”

2022-03-11

Haley Wellner discusses her experience writing and publishing her article with YSW, which explores the method of genre cross-writing.
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Meet Ashley Beresch, Author of “A Response to Gina Keplinger: Pursuing Evolution (and Revolution) Through Form”

2022-03-08

Ashley Beresch looks back on her experience with YSW and the process of creating her article that discusses the use of rhetorical genre theory.
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Introducing Ally Roeker, Author of “To Be An Essential Worker: An Exploration of Rhetoric During COVID-19”

2022-03-04

Ally Roeker explores the challenges of working in the retail industry during the Covid pandemic within her article and reflects on her publishing experience.
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Introducing Olivia Rowland, Author of “The True Crisis is Neoliberalism: An Analysis of the Palestinian-Led BDS Movement’s Pandemic Rhetoric”

2022-03-01

Olivia Rowland discusses how her interests in feminist rhetorical analysis and the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement came together to form her YSW article.
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Introducing Micah Williams, Author of “Anything But America: The Just and Unjust Recomposition of Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’”

2022-02-25

Micah Williams gives an inside look into the process of writing and publishing his YSW article about the implications of recomposing Childish Gambino’s powerful music video.
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Meet Sarah Bach: Author of “‘Our house is on fire:’ Exploring the Rhetorical Significance of Youth Climate Activists, an Emerging Discourse Community”

2022-02-22

Sarah Bach comments on the process of composing and publishing her YSW article discussing the theoretical and rhetorical significance of young climate activists.
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Meet Emily Lawrence: Author of “First Year-Writing Student Attitudes and Beliefs: The Potential for Writing-Related Transfer”

2022-02-18

Emily Lawrence discusses her experience working on her research article discussing first-year writing student attitudes and how she published to YSW.
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Meet the Spring 2022 YSW Intern: Lexi Stewart

2022-02-15

Get to know Lexi Stewart, our intern for the Spring of 2022!
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A Look Back at Almost 20 Years of the Journal

2021-12-08

As Young Scholars in Writing gets ready to open submissions for the 20th volume of the journal, current YSW interns, Kameron Cherry and Jalil Dixon, look back on the history of the journal through reading the archives.
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Behind the Scenes of the YSW Editorial Process

2021-11-16

For the upcoming Volume 19 of Young Scholars in Writing, the YSW editorial team go through a rigorous 3-week process of editing the manuscripts and prepping them for publication. Read about the process through the firsthand experiences of the editorial interns.
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Students Undertake Project-Based Learning to Improve YSW Website

2021-11-03

A behind-the-scenes look at some of the work being done to continue to improve the Young Scholars in Writing website.
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YSW Interns Reflect on Experience at Naylor Workshop

2021-10-14

Young Scholars in Writing interns Jalil and Kameron share their perspectives on attending the 6th annual Naylor Workshop on Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies.
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Meet the Fall YSW Interns: Kameron Cherry

2021-10-05

Meet the Fall YSW Interns: Kameron Cherry
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Meet the Fall 2021 YSW Interns: Jalil Dixon

2021-09-28

Meet the Fall 2021 YSW Interns: Jalil Dixon
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Young Scholars in Writing Peer Review Process

2021-05-07

YSW volume 19 peer reviewers Catie Pfeiffer, Megan Kelley, and Jalil Dixon give their thoughts on the process of reading and reviewing manuscripts for publishing.
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Meet the Editorial Intern: Beck Liberatore

2021-04-30

Beck Liberatore describes their experience working as an Editorial Intern for YSW during the Spring 2021 semester.
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Meet the author: Nidhi Gandhi

2021-04-20

Nidhi Gandhi discusses her process publishing the very first methodological reflection in YSW.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Steven Price

2021-04-08

Steven Price describes working with Jessica Brown to publish her research about legal discrimination in YSW.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Sarah Singer

2021-04-06

Sarah Singer discusses her background in rhetoric of health and medicine, and how she applied her knowledge to advising Samantha Rae.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Rebekah Sims

2021-04-01

Rebekah Sims gives some insight about her involvement with YSW over the years, including advising Gabriela Uribe for Volume 18.
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Meet the Faculty Advisory Editor: Sarah Polo

2021-03-30

Sarah Polo describes her experience working with Young Scholars in Writing and how she worked with Anna Maltbie to publish her research in Volume 18.
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What We Do and Don't Publish

2021-03-25

A comprehensive list of what Young Scholars in Writing publishes, and does not publish.
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Meet the author: Noah Bolls

2021-03-18

Noah Bolls discusses the use of feminine rhetorical style in Rosalynn Carter’s writing and publishing his work in YSW.
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Meet the author: Angela Myers

2021-03-13

Angela Myers discusses her methodological reflection about user-centered research and her publishing process with YSW.
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Meet the author: Huy Truong

2021-03-11

Huy Truong discusses his article about medical illustration from different time periods, and how he published it in the pages of YSW.
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Meet the author: Brittany Halley

2021-03-09

Brittany Halley discusses her research about factors that can impact the composing process of writers and the process she went through to publish it via YSW.
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Meet the YSW Faculty Advisory Editor: Zhaozhe Wang

2021-03-06

Zhaozhe Wang gives a look into what it’s like to be a Faculty Advisory Editor and to mentor a student working to publish their research in YSW.
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Meet the author: Jacob Wilson

2021-03-04

Jacob Wilson discusses his article “Best Practices for a Translingual Pedagogy: An Undergraduate Perspective” and his process of publishing his work in YSW.
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Meet the author: Gabriela Augustina Uribe

2021-03-02

Gabriela Uribe describes her research about monolingualism’s effect on multicultural homes and how she worked to publish her article in YSW.
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Meet the author: Jessica Brown

2021-02-27

Jessica Brown explains her interest in language discrimination in the legal field and the research she completed and published in YSW.
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Meet the author: Hannah Cox

2021-02-25

Hannah Cox gives an inside look into the process of publishing her YSW article about the dehumanization of Japanese Americans in archived government documents.

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Meet the author: Samantha J. Rae

2021-02-23

Samantha J. Rae discusses her experience researching student mental health and publishing her work in YSW.
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Meet the author: Anna Maltbie

2021-02-20

Anna Maltbie discusses her research about abortion access and how she published her work with YSW.
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Volume 19: CFP

2021-02-18

Volume 19 CFP.
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Meet the author: Megan Kelley

2021-02-18

Megan Kelley explains her research process and how she published her work in Young Scholars in Writing.
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