Writing with Research: A Practical Guide

Writing with Research offers readers practical guidance for managing writing and research as combined tasks. Kristen B. Neuschel and Ann Marie Rasmussen bring expert advice from their extensive experience as writers, researchers, and teachers, making this an indispensable, user-friendly guide to research-based writing.

This book describes how to launch writing and researching together and how to continue the work as an iterative, not linear, process. It explores the challenges of finding time for writing and research, and offers tips on how to make progress, even in short writing and researching sessions. It describes the steps necessary for responsible research in the contemporary digital environment, including the role Artificial Intelligence might play and how to map arguments as they emerge through writing. This book offers readers the tools to confront stumbling blocks like procrastination. It shows the benefits of building writing communities and how to make use of feedback at various stages of a project.

The short and easily digestible chapters make this a go-to resource for a wide audience, from students, professors, and scientists to professionals. Writing with Research helps all researchers find the resources they need to be successful and encourages them to think of themselves as writers, now and into the future.

Kristen B. Neuschel is Professor of History emerita and former Director of the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University, USA. Her publications include Living by the Sword: Weapons and Material Culture in France and Britain, 600–1600 (2020).

Ann Marie Rasmussen is Professor of German emerita at Duke University, USA. Her book Medieval Badges: Their Wearers and Their Worlds (2021) was awarded Honorable Mention by the 2022 German Studies Association/DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/German Academic Exchange Service) Book Prize committee.