Neil Baird

Disciplinary Resources

Interview Craft. Open access web resource created through design thinking exploring the craft knowledge of interviewing. https://interviewcraft.org.

Editorial Work

The Discourse-Based Interview: Forty Years of Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Writers. Co-Edited with Bradley Dilger. Special Journal Issue for Composition Forum. 49 (Summer 2022): https://compositionforum.com/issue/49/.

Refereed Journals

• “Student Voice in WIL: Emerging Identities in Narratives about WIL Among First-Generation Students.” Co-Authored with Christina Kampen Robinson, Kayden Brown, Mariko Izumi, and Tim Diette. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning. 27.1 (2026): 233-50.
• “What Does ‘Work’ Mean to First-Generation Students? Emerging Identities in WIL Narratives.” Co-Authored with Christina Kampen Robinson, Mariko Izumi, and Tim Diette. Teaching and Learning Inquiry. 14. 1-17 (2026): https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.14.12.
• “Supporting Discourse-Based Interviews: Developing a Methodological Resource for Researchers and Teachers Using Design Thinking.” Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design Thinking. (Fall 2023): 229-334. https://doi.org/10.1145/3615335.3623042
• “The Discourse-Based Interview: Forty Years of Exploring the Tacit Knowledge of Writers.” Introduction Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. Composition Forum. 49 (Summer 2022): https://compositionforum.com/issue/49/dbi-introduction.php.
• “‘Essential Allies in the Construction of Knowledge’: A Conversation with Lee Odell, Dixie Goswami, and Anne Herrington.” Interview Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. Composition Forum. 49 (Summer 2022): https://compositionforum.com/issue/49/odell-goswami-herrington-interview.php.
• “Dispositions in Natural Science Laboratories: The Roles of Individuals and Contexts in Writing Transfer.” Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. Across the Disciplines: A Journal of Language, Learning and Academic Writing. 15.4 (2018): 1-20.
• “Metaphors for Writing Transfer in the Writing Lives and Teaching Practices of Faculty in the Disciplines.” Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. WPA: Writing Program Administration. 41.1 (2017): 102-24.
• “How Students Perceive Transitions: Dispositions and Transfer in Internships.” Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. College Composition and Communication 68.4 (2017): 684-712.

Edited Collections

• “Negotiating Plural Identities Through Transfer and Inclusion: Program Alignment at Bowling Green State University.” Co-Authored with Daniel V. Bommarito, Annie Cigic, Rachel Flynn, Emma Lee Guthrie, Travis Hein, Krys Ingman, Morgan McDougall, and Laura Menard. Threshold Conscripts: Rhetoric and Composition TAships. Eds. William J. Macauley, Jr., Leslie R. Anglesey, Brady Edwards, Kathryn M. Lambrecht, And Phillip K. Lovas. WAC Clearinghouse, 2023: 666-676.
• “The Writing Strategies of First-Generation College Students: Negotiation as a Metaphor for Adaptive Transfer.” Co-Authored with Bradley Dilger. Beyond Fitting In: Rethinking First-Gen Writing and Literacy Education. Ed. Kelly Ritter. MLA, 2022: 211-32.
• “‘What One Learns in College Only Makes Sense When Writing at Work’: How Early Career Alumni Evaluate Writing Success.”  Co-Authored with Alena Kasparkova, Stephen Macharia, and Amanda Sturgill. Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing. Eds. Julia Bleakney, Jessie Moore, and Paula Rosinski. Elon Center for Engaged Learning, 2022. 168-182.

• “Supporting Discourse-Based Interviews: Developing a Public Web-Based Toolkit Using Design Thinking.” BGSU GSEPR-CA Grant, 2024-25. $9,828.
• “Student Attitudes Toward Writing” with Carollynn Judge. BGSU CURS Grant, Fall 2019. $500.
• “Barriers to Writing Transfer: Writing in the Major at the ‘2+2’ University” with Bradley Dilger.  CCCC Research Initiative Grant, 2012-2014. $10,000.
• “Barriers to Writing Transfer: Writing in the Major at the ‘2+2’ University” with Bradley Dilger. CWPA Targeted Research Grant, 2012-2013. $2,958.