Insiders, Outliers

“I don’t know of any other project that explores the writing and rhetorical lives of adult nontraditional students in such depth. Nontraditional students are an asset to the classroom, and universities need to think about how they can retain and support this population. The fact that this research takes place at an HBCU makes this book a must-read for educators who are committed to equity.” - Mark Blaauw-Hara (author of From Military to Academy: The Writing and Learning Transitions of Student-Veterans) “Fulford not only offers a focus on adult students-a group of writers largely missing from studies and narratives about writing in college despite making up a significant percentage of the student population-but she does so with meticulous research and with grace and power. Her case studies of students at an HBCU show readers that understanding students’ learning is the essential starting point to best fulfill the promise of making higher education truly inclusive.” - Neal Lerner (author of The Idea of a Writing Laboratory) “Insiders/Outliers is a methodologically rigorous and incisive study of adult student writers. Fulford’s research with students offers important insights for writing studies teacher-scholars and higher education leaders.” - Holly Hassel (coauthor of Reaching All Writers: A Pedagogical Guide for Evolving Writing Classrooms)

Collie Fulford is an associate professor of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo.