College Composition and Communication Feb 2026

Research Brief: Community-Engaged Writing

Jessica Pauszek ; Veronica House ; Paula Mathieu

Abstract

This Research Brief presents an overview of current research in community-engaged writing, particularly foregrounding the importance of praxis-oriented and collaborative approaches. Here, we articulate collaboration, reciprocity, and accountability as some of the main tenets of community-engaged writing, and we showcase the variety of projects that such work can include (from local food writing to prison literacy work to transnational social justice movements and beyond). Then, we explore some of the methods and methodologies that are central in this scholarship, drawing on examples that engage storytelling, oral history and interview methods, archival methods, ethnographic research, and even public performances and workshops. We conclude with a discussion of future possibilities for research, teaching, and the imperative to see community-engaged work as part of scholarly work in tenure, promotion, and review.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2026-02-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc2026773484
Open Access
Closed
Topics
service learning multilingual writers

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