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Research in the Teaching of English
Feb 2026
Erica Holyoke; Susan Tily
Abstract
This study examined preservice teachers’ (PTs’) multimodal and multigenre writing portfolios advocating for change in the teaching profession. Using theories of humanizing education and Janks’s framework of Big P and little p politics, this study analyzed how PTs used writing as professional resistance and a means to heal their own schooling harms and to envision a more inclusive future for students. The findings elevated how PTs engaged as writers to see teaching as a political engagement and transformative act within the educational climate of control, compliance, and conformity. Implications for the field included possibilities to expand professional agency and supporting future teachers in confronting the political and relational complexities of their work through authorship and sharing their voices and advocacy broadly.
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Research in the Teaching of English
Feb 2026
Kathryn Allen; Faye Autry; Richard Beach; Katherine Brodeur; Mikel Cole; Candance Doerr-Stevens; Heather Dunham; Chelsea Faase; Andrea Gambino; Jill Grifenhagen; Logan Harris; Erica Holyoke; James Ingram; Madeleine Israelson; Robin Jocius; Laura Lemanski; Stephanie M. Madison; W. Ian O’Byrne; Lisa Ortmann; Debra Peterson; McKenzie Rabenn; Mary Rice; Anna Schick; Jeff Share; Andrea Suk; Mark Sulzer; Susan Tily; Megan McDonald Van Deventer; Thea Williamson; Stephanie Rollag Yoon
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Research in the Teaching of English
Feb 2025
Faye Autry; Katherine Brodeur; Candance Doerr-Stevens; Amy Frederick; Jill Grifenhagen; Madeleine Israelson; Katrena Leininger; Lisa Ortmann; Megan McDonald Van Deventer; McKenzie Rabenn; Anna Schick; Sara K. Sterner; Erin Stutelberg; Kathryn Allen; Susan Tily; Richard Beach; Mikel Cole; Chelsea Faase; Andrea Gambino; James Ingram; Robin Jocius; Stephanie M. Madison; W. Ian O’Byrne; Debra Peterson; Stephanie Rollag Yoon; Jeff Share; Andrea Suk; Mark Sulzer