/ Writing in Progress

Ideas before they harden into argument

These posts occupy the space between first observation and formal publication — written with the same care, without the constraints of an external platform.

On the limits of consensus in academic writing

March 2025

Why peer-reviewed consensus can calcify an argument before it has been properly tested — and what that means for how we cite and are cited.

Conference talks as a drafting tool

January 2025

Speaking to an expert audience before the article is finished is not a shortcut — it is the most efficient form of peer review available outside the journal.

Distributed publication and the coherent voice problem

November 2024

Publishing across platforms fragments the record. This post examines whether a portfolio site restores coherence or merely creates a second layer of curation.

The formal record is elsewhere

These posts develop arguments that reach their final form in peer-reviewed articles and conference presentations. Follow the published work for the complete case.