How We Do It: Demystifying Research Methods in Writing Studies

Session G.28

Area: Research · family: Theory and research methods

Role	Name as printed	Affiliation as printed	Paper
Chair	Tricia Serviss	Santa Clara University, CA → Santa Clara University
Speakers	Sandra Jamieson	Drew University, North Plainfield, NJ → Drew University	Touching the Data: Manual-Coding in Citation-Context Research
Speakers	Crystal Benedicks	Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN → Wabash College	Using Data when You Don’t Know Anything about Using Data: A Humanities Scholar Gets Methodological
Speakers	Elizabeth Kleinfeld	Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO → Metropolitan State University of Denver	Examining Course Documents: What We Tell Our Students
Speakers	Tricia Serviss	Santa Clara University, CA → Santa Clara University	Conducting Research across Contexts: Using the Tools of Design-Based Research
Speakers	Mary Lourdes Silva	Ithaca College, NY → Ithaca College	Grounding the Multiple Baseline Design: A Methodology for Studying Transfer
Speakers	Lee-Ann Breuch	University of Minnesota: Twin Cities, Minneapolis → University of Minnesota	Understanding Student Rhetorical Moves: Close Textual Analysis of Student Writing
Speakers	Sara Biggs Chaney	Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH → Dartmouth College	Studying Citation across the First Year
Speakers	W. Brock MacDonald	Woodsworth College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada → University of Toronto	Closing the Loop: Studying Writing, Changing the Teaching Culture

Source

NCTE's program, near page 31 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “How We Do It: Demystifying Research Methods in Writing Studies.” 2015 Convention Program, Tampa, session G.28. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.