Local Organising Team

Dr Benjamin Miller

Dr Miller is a Senior Lecturer in English and Writing at the University of Sydney. His research examines Indigenous resistance to and within colonial literary archives.

Dr Miller is the Local Organising Team Lead.

A/Prof Susan Thomas

A/Prof Thomas founded the Writing Hub and Writing Studies program at the University of Sydney and is a former President of the American Council of Writing Program Administrators.

A/Prof Thomas led the pitch for an Australasian location for WRAB2026 and is participating on the Local Organising Team.

Dr Beck Wise

Dr Wise teaches and researches at the University of Queensland in professional, technical and academic writing, with specialisations in the rhetoric of science, visual communication, writing in digital environments, and gender studies.

Dr Wise’s expertise in GenAI and writing and the role of writing studies in Australasian Higher Education is guiding the Local Organising Team’s efforts to ensure WRAB2026 both showcases and supports research in the region.

Cana Nongkhlaw

Cana Nongkhlaw is a PhD candidate in English and Writing at the University of Sydney. Her research investigates Indigenous Khasi approaches to education and writing.

Cana is a research assistant supporting the Local Organising Team.

ALL ENQUIRIES FOR THE LOCAL ORGANISING TEAM CAN BE DIRECTED TO:

contact@wrab2026.com

The Local Organising Team communicates closely with ISAWR. Responses to the CFP are also assessed by ISAWR member-volunteers.
WRAB2026 would not be possible without the support of ISAWR members, the governance committee, and especially those who have worked closely with the Local Organising Team:

Chris Anson, Chair of the ISAWR Steering Committee, North Carolina State University (USA)
Rui Alexandre Alves, Vice-Chair of the ISAWR Steering Committee, University of Porto (Portugal)
Tiane Donahue, Past President of the ISAWR Steering Committee, Dartmouth University (USA)
Jonathan Marine, Corresponding Secretary of the ISAWR Steering Committee, Stephen F Austin State University (USA)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ISAWR SEE:

https://www.isawr.org/