Establishing Creative Writing Studies as an Academic Discipline

This book advances creative writing studies as a developing field of inquiry, scholarship, and research. It discusses the practice of creative writing studies, the establishment of a body of professional knowledge, and the goals and future direction of the discipline within the academy. This book also traces the development of creative writing studies; noting that as the new discipline matures―as it refers to evidence of its own research methodology and collective data, and locates its authority in its own scholarship―creative writing studies will bring even more meaning to the academy, its profession, and its student body.

Dr. Dianne Donnelly is the associate director of the CCCC-Award winning composition program at the University of South Florida. In addition to her interests in rhetoric & composition and writing program administration, she is a creative writer and craft critic who addresses the theory and pedagogy of creative writing. Her pedagogical works include Does the Writing Workshop Still Work? (2010), The Emergence of Creative Writing Studies as an Academic Discipline (2011), and Key Issues in Creative Writing (with Graeme Harper, 2012). She is a frequent presenter at the creative writing pedagogy forums at CCCC and AWP; reviewer for Pedagogy, TEXT, and multiple presses; senior creative writing editor for Writing Commons; and editorial board member for New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing.