Where the Writing Is: An Interview with Ashley J. Holmes

This episode features an interview with Dr. Ashley Joyce Holmes. Dr. Holmes is Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning at Oregon State University, where she leads the Center for Teaching and Learning in supporting effective, innovative, and scholarly teaching that engages students in meaningful learning experiences.

She has published books, articles, and chapters in writing studies. One of those books is 2023's Learning on Location, which was also the focus of Dr. Holmes' keynote at the 2024 Peck Research on Writing Symposium, an annual event hosted at Middle Tennessee State University. This interview was recorded during her visit for that symposium. In adding to Learning on Location, Dr. Holmes discusses her coedited collection Learning from the Mess and a 2022 Composition Forum article "Multiple Forms of Representation: Using Maps to Triangulate Students' Tacit Writing Knowledge."

This episode includes a clip from Chad Crouch's "Space."

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