Improvisations: Methods and Methodologies in Lifespan Writing Research - Paperback

Ryan J. Dippre is Associate Professor of English and director of the College Composition Program at the University of Maine, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in writing and writing pedagogy. In addition to studying writing through the lifespan, he also studies writing program administration and the teaching of writing. He is the author of Talk, Tools, and Texts: A Logic-in-Use for Studying Lifespan Literate Action Development and the co-editor of Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. With Talinn Phillips, he serves as co-chair of the Writing through the Lifespan Collaboration and co-editor of the Lifespan Writing Research book series at the WAC Clearinghouse. He lives in Maine with his wife and son.

Talinn Phillips is Professor of English at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. With Ryan Dippre, she serves as co-chair of the Writing through the Lifespan Collaboration and co-editor of the Lifespan Writing Research series at the WAC Clearinghouse. She teaches undergraduate writing courses and graduate courses in rhetoric and composition, including Research Methods. In addition to her work in lifespan writing research, her scholarship investigates graduate writing development and faculty/consultant development to support graduate writers.