Cover: From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader, 6th Edition by Stuart Greene; April Lidinsky

From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader

Sixth  Edition©2027  Stuart Greene; April Lidinsky

About

Grow as a Reader, Writer, and Thinker


Build stronger thinking, reading, and writing skills with From Inquiry to Academic Writing’s clear, step-by-step approach. Learn to navigate academic conversations, analyze complex readings, and develop ideas with confidence. Along the way, practice essential skills—such as inquiry, drafting, and revision—that support success across college courses and beyond.

Table of Contents

1 Starting with Inquiry: Habits of Mind of Academic Writers

2 From Reading as a Writer to Writing as a Reader

3 From Writing Summaries and Paraphrases to Writing Yourself into Academic Conversations

4 From Identifying Claims to Analyzing Arguments

5 From Identifying Issues to Forming Questions

6 From Formulating to Developing a Thesis

7 From Finding to Evaluating Sources

8 From Synthesis to Researched Argument

9 From Ethos and Pathos to Logos: Appealing to Your Readers

10 From Analyzing Visuals to Using Them in Writing

11 From Introductions to Conclusions: Drafting an Essay

12 From Revising to Editing: Working with Peer Groups

13 Other Methods of Inquiry: Interviews and Focus Groups

Entering the Conversation of Ideas

14 Education: What does it mean to be educated? What is the future of education, and how might this affect every part of our lives?

15 Sociology: How does studying human social behaviors help us understand ourselves and the world?

16 Psychology: How does our rapidly changing, technology-saturated environment affect the way we think, feel, and behave?

17 Sustainability: How do our decisions affect our environment?

18 Artificial Intelligence: How can we effectively navigate the risks and opportunities of generative AI?

Appendix: Citing and Documenting Sources

Index of Authors, Titles, and Key Terms

Stuart Greene

Stuart Greene received his Ph.D. in English from Carnegie Mellon in Rhetoric. He is associate professor of English with a joint appointment in Africana Studies at Notre Dame.His research has examined the intersections of race, poverty, and achievement in public schools. This work has led to the publication of his co-edited volume, Making Race Visible: Literacy Research for Racial Understanding (Teachers College Press, 2003), for which he won the National Council of Teachers of English Richard A. Meade Award in 2005. He has published a monographic, Race, Community, and Urban Schools: Partnering with African American Families (Teachers College Press, 2013), edited Literacy as a Civil Right (Peter Lang, 2008) and co-edited with Cathy Compton-Lilly, Bedtime Stories and Book Reports: Connecting Parent Involvement and Family Literacy (Teachers College Press, 2011). His current research focuses on literacy, youth empowerment and civic engagement in the context of university/community partnerships. This work appears in his edited collection Youth Voices, Public Spaces, and Civic Engagement. (Routledge Press, 2016), Language Arts, Urban Education, and The Urban Review.

April Lidinsky

April Lidinsky (PhD, Literatures in English, Rutgers) is Professor of Womens and Gender Studies at Indiana University South Bend. She has published and delivered numerous conference papers on writing pedagogy, womens autobiography, and creative nonfiction, and has contributed to several textbooks on writing. She has served as acting director of the University Writing Program at Notre Dame and has won several awards for her teaching and research including the 2015 Indiana University South Bend Distinguished Teaching Award, the 2017 Indiana University South Bend Eldon F. Lundquist Award for excellence in teaching and scholarly achievement, and the All-Indiana University 2017 Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.