Justin Nicholes, PhD

Associate Prof & FYC Director @UWStout | Passionate about composition generally and meaningful creative expression across disciplines specifically | Check out my research in College Composition & Communication, Written Communication, Scientific Study of Literature, Journal of Creative Writing Studies & more | Books: Creative Writing Across the Curriculum (2022); Navigating Voices of Higher Education: A Poetic Ethnography of a University (2025); Advancing Creative Writing Across the Curriculum (Ed.) (In Production/Under Contract).

AREAS

Composition (AI Collaborative; Empirical-Scientific; First-Year; Multilingual)
Creative Writing Studies
Research & Assessment: Quantitative, Qualitative, Arts-Based (Interpretivist, Constructivist)

"A lively voyage, navigating higher education in poetry. An imaginative ethnography of contemporary academe. Creatively manifest here are the people around a college, each with a voice, all with a role. At its core, this is a fascinating experiment in both story-telling and poetic discovery."
Graeme Harper, Editor, New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing

"Creative, inclusive, and powerful rendition of a poetic ethnography portraying a university community. Amplifying voices and experiences of every individual that makes up the university at large, Justin Nicholes centers on “embodied cognition” delving deeper into the experiences within the university community, ultimately influencing the future of the higher education landscape in the current tumultuous era."
Gloria Park, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

Creative Writing Across the Curriculum - Nicholes CWSC 2023.pdf