Question: For you, what is the most pressing or important issue that the field of Writing Studies is currently facing?

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Sara Lovett: A disconnect between theory and practice is the biggest issue facing writing studies. Specifically, current research often does not adequately account for students’ material realities as they pertain to intersectional aspects of identity (race, class, gender, national origin, language) that inevitably affect students as writers, as readers, and as people.