Building Intercultural Mentorship, Wellbeing, and Wholistic Practice in Graduate Education

Introduction to Special Issue Expanding Landscapes of Academic Writing in Academia

“…Increasingly, scholars are using narrative, fiction, poetry, playwriting, and other forms of expression as venues for knowledge mobilization and translation (Winters et al, 2020). These scholars argue that stories and creative productions hold universal appeal and extend the reach of scholarship beyond the "ivory tower," broadening and deepening engagements with communities outside academia.…”

“…Moreover, creative writing is a natural bridge to enhancing academic writing as well as building selfconfidence, a love for writing (Randolph & Ruppert, 2020), and resilience among emergent writers (Kreuter & Reiter, 2014). Poetry, for example, not only provides insights for wrestling with uncertainty, difficult emotions, life purpose, and healing (Keifer-Boyd et al, 2023;Winters et al, 2020) but also carries the potential to convey important scientific information (Illingworth, 2022). In such a context, scholars are encouraged to explore and extend the nature, processes, and theories of academic writing (Woloshyn et al, 2022).…”