Novice Lgbtq+ Scholars Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication

The volume reflects on the ways in which scholarly output is intricately linked with scholarly identity and the challenges LGBTQ+ scholars face when their scholarly and gender and sexual identities can often seem to be in conflict.

List of contents

Contents
List of Contributors
1. About scholarly publication and early-career LGBTQ+ scholars
Sharon McCulloch
SECTION 1: Challenges and solutions
2. Fighting for authenticity along the LGBTQ+ journey towards scholarly publication: Is it time for a queering of academic literacies?
Micky Ross
3. Blooming with Brazilian queer studies: Reflecting on experiences of co-authoring and publishing with LGBTQ+ academics
Luan Carpes Barros Cassal
4. The perpetuation of heteropatriarchal dynamics in scholarly gatekeeping: Analysing reviewers' feedback from the perspective of LGBTQ+ early-career scholars
Helena Torres-Purroy and Sònia Mas-Alcolea
5. Marginalising the marginalised: Challenges of embarking on LGBTQ+-related research for publication
Jamie David Hopkin and Victoria Barnett-Simpson
6. Support networks and open discussions about academic publishing: Dealing with difficult data and (potential) collaborators
Frazer Heritage
SECTION 2: Visibility and intersectionality
7. Living straight, writing queer: Experiences with academic publishing as a closeted Indian woman
Arunima Theraja
8. Coming out as queer: Troubling the strictures for early-career researchers in academic publishing
Tierney Marey
9. Researching and publishing on African sexualities: Methods and challenges
Zanele Nyoni-Wood
10. Academic publishing as a novice lesbian scholar: An intersectional experience
Mabel Encinas
11. Conclusion and final thoughts
Sharon McCulloch
Index

About the author

Sharon McCulloch is a senior lecturer in language and education in the School of Psychology and Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Her research interests lie in EAP and academic literacies, especially how second language student writers learn to write and the ways in which institutional and social contexts, including gender and geolinguistic status, affect professional academic writers.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon McCulloch
• Assisted by: Sharon McCulloch (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2025
• EAN: 9781032227931
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222793-1
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Studies in English for Research Publication Purposes
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Gender studies, gender groups, ELT: English for specific purposes, ELT: Exams and tests of English for specific purposes, Language learning for specific purposes