March 4–7, 2026 — Mark it on your calendar! Many of our Crowbirds are flocking to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention, Conferences and our Conversations. We are thrilled to be leading several poster sessions, panels, and presentations across the…
Welcome!
We are a team of researchers and teachers-scholars who study writing and the teaching of writing in academic settings. Our interdisciplinary team has expertise in applied linguistics, second language studies, writing program administration, and technical communication. Crow team-members work at the University of Arizona, Purdue University, UMass Boston, North Carolina State University, Northern Arizona University and Old Dominion University.
Since 2016, we have been working together to share Crow, the Corpus and Repository of Writing—an open science project (open data, open source and open pedagogical resources) digital platform that integrates a corpus of undergraduate student writing and a repository of teaching materials from three universities. Our commitment to open science is embodied in the sharing of the source code and tools for building your own corpora on GitHub, Corpus-in-a-Box (CIABATTA), which you can use to compile your own corpora and share it with the world using our interface. We also share and research how to work collaboratively across institutions through constructive distributed work model (CDW).
Recent News
An Under The Plumage Update
That’s right — the Crow website is becoming just as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside! Or should it be frontend and backend? Either way, we’ve been revamping the infrastructure of our website, and we wish…
Dr. Shelley Staples Travels to Washington (Virtually)
Earlier this year, when spring was in full bloom, Dr. Shelley Staples (The University of Arizona) helped run a Crow workshop at Cascadia College. Its campus, which sits just outside the Seattle area in Washington, hosted the workshop online. Through…
Crow Spotlight: Adrienne Henson
Congratulations are in order! One of the Crow team’s undergraduate research assistants, Adrienne Henson, will be graduating from North Carolina State University (NCSU) in December 2025. With her Bachelor’s of Arts in English in one hand—and minor in Rhetoric, Writing, and…
APPLAWS, Spring 2025
With another academic year coming to an end, we wanted to highlight the achievements of our incredible Crowbirds. Take a look at the interactive slideshow below to learn more about the work we’ve completed this semester! APPLAWS…
Crow, Class of 2025
Graduation season has fallen upon us again, and the Crow team is ecstatic to congratulate our graduating Crowbirds. While we are proud all year long of all of the wonderful accomplishments these individuals have achieved, we would like to take…
Find Crow at CCCC 2026
March 4–7, 2026 — Mark it on your calendar! Many of our Crowbirds are flocking to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2026 CCCC Annual Convention, Conferences and…
An Under The Plumage Update
That’s right — the Crow website is becoming just as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside! Or should it be frontend…
Dr. Shelley Staples Travels to Washington (Virtually)
Earlier this year, when spring was in full bloom, Dr. Shelley Staples (The University of Arizona) helped run a Crow workshop at Cascadia College. Its…
Crow Spotlight: Adrienne Henson
Congratulations are in order! One of the Crow team’s undergraduate research assistants, Adrienne Henson, will be graduating from North Carolina State University (NCSU) in December 2025….
APPLAWS, Spring 2025
With another academic year coming to an end, we wanted to highlight the achievements of our incredible Crowbirds. Take a look at the interactive slideshow…
Crow, Class of 2025
Graduation season has fallen upon us again, and the Crow team is ecstatic to congratulate our graduating Crowbirds. While we are proud all year long…
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