Composition Studies 53.2 (Fall 2025)

The oldest independent periodical in the field, COMPOSITION STUDIES publishes original articles relevant to rhetoric and composition, including those that address teaching college writing; theorizing rhetoric and composing; administering writing programs; and, among other topics, preparing the field’s future teacher-scholars. All perspectives and topics of general interest to the profession are welcome. We also publish Course Designs, which contextualize, theorize, and reflect on the content and pedagogy of a course. Contributions to Composing With are invited by the editor, though queries are welcome. Contents Of Composition Studies 53.2 (Fall 2025): Cover: Michael J. Day Editors’ Introduction: Editing in the Age of Generative AI by Jacob Babb and Zachary Beare ARTICLES: Access Denied: Black Women’s Experiences with Mentorship and Professional Development in Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Programs by Talisha Haltiwanger Morrison and Malina Anderson Addressing and Overcoming Barriers in the First-Year Writing Classroom: The Story of an International Graduate Teaching Assistant of Color by Jainab Tabassum Banu Where Chance and Invention Collide: Scrap Writing in the Composition Classroom by Danielle Koupf Generative Artificial Memories: Teaching AI Text Generators as Rhetorical Memory Devices by John J. Silvestro Fumbling Toward Co-Territorialized Spaces: Composition Pedagogy and Dual Enrollment by Joe Courchesne, Jennifer DiGrazia, and Wyatt Hermansen Pandemic-Era Workload in the Online Writing Classroom: Lessons in Sustainability for the Future by Jennifer Sheppard COURSE DESIGNS: AI & Writing: An Experimental First-Year Composition Course by Laura J. Panning Davies and Kate Navickas Composing from Desire: Third Places in the First-Year Writing Curriculum by Charissa Che WHERE WE ARE: TEACHING WRITING IN THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: Composition in the Shadow of Campus Protests by Jonathan Alexander ＂As Long as There’s Fire,＂ with Apologies to David Bowie by Ryan Skinnell Composition Among the Ruins by Lydia Wilkes Until I Hit Ocean by Patti Poblete BOOK REVIEWS: Navigating AI’s Writing Revolution: A Review Essay and Call for Deliberation by Jason Tham Feminist Technical Communication: Apparent Feminisms, Slow Crisis, and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster by Erin Clark, Reviewed by Brigida R. Blasi Masking Inequality with Good Intentions: Systemic Bias, Counterspaces, and Discourse Acquisition in STEM Education by Heather M. Falconer, Reviewed by Shuvro Das Cultivating Critical Language Awareness in the Writing Classroom by Shawna Shapiro, Reviewed by Ananta Khanal ＂K for the Way: ＂ DJ Rhetoric & Literacy for 21st Century Writing Studies by Todd Craig, Reviewed by Megan Palmer Multimodal Composing and Writing Transfer, edited by Kara Poe Alexander Matthew Davis, Lillian W. Mina, and Ryan P. Shepherd, Reviewed by Abigail Robinson