This edited collection arises from the belief that the field of writing studies, with its deep engagement in the power of language, is uniquely positioned to open new pathways for international scholarly dialogue in writing studies and beyond. Integrating diverse theoretical traditions―including discourse studies, language pedagogy, educational psychology, educational management, and critical sociolinguistics―the editors have brought together work from key Latin American scholars published over the past two decades. The result is a book that points to future directions for the increasingly global field of writing studies. The collection includes work by Natalia Ávila Reyes, Charles Bazerman, Paula Carlino, Valentina Fahler, Ivone Inés Jakob, Judith Kalman, Angela B. Kleiman, Vera Lúcia Lopes Cristovão, Anna Rachel Machado, Jonathan Marine, Juan David Martínez Hincapié, Paulina Meza, Violate Molina Natera, Désirée Motta-Roth, Estela I. Moyano, Elvira Narvaja de Arnoux, Lucía Natale, Federico Navarro, Giovanni Parodi, Luisa Pelizza, María Cecilia Pereira, Pablo Rosales, Daniela Paula Stagnaro, Alicia Vázquez, René Venegas, and Virginia Zavala.
Federico Navarro holds a B.A. from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a PhD in linguistics from Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. He is Professor at Universidad de O’Higgins, Chile, where he previously served as Director of the School of Education. He has been the principal investigator in ten funded research projects in Argentina and Chile, focusing on reading and writing in secondary and higher education, scientific and specialized communication, educational linguistics, and discourse analysis. His most recent project explores the connections between reading, writing, and academic performance.
Valentina Fahler holds a B.A. in letters from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an M.A. and PhD in education with an interdisciplinary emphasis on writing studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara (United States). Her research interests include writing pedagogy, qualitative research practices, instructional design, and digital accessibility.
Jonathan Marine is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the English & Creative Writing Department at Stephen F. Austin State University. He earned his PhD in Writing and Rhetoric from George Mason University in May of 2025, where he also served as Co-Director of the Northern Virginia Writing Project. His research focuses on writing engagement, longitudinal writing development, graffiti rhetorics, and the pedagogy and theory of James Moffett.
