Kristin’s research is interdisciplinary, bringing together the study of language ideologies with decolonial theory in Writing Studies and English Education. Kristin’s ethnographic research analyzes how standard language ideology impacts students’ and preservice teachers’ beliefs about language use in academic spaces. An advocate for critical language awareness, Kristin uses her teaching and research to connect linguistics, writing instruction, and rhetorical study.
Kristin also studies how religious faith impacts students’ writing and how students negotiate faith, politics, and academic work.
Kristin’s recent publications and forthcoming scholarship includes:
- Lefebvre, Beth & Kristin VanEyk, Eds. (Forthcoming 2026). Purpose & Joy: Sustaining a Meaningful Career in Christian Higher Education. Under contract with Abilene Christian University Press.
- Sura, Tom, and Kristin VanEyk. (2025). “Writing Methods: Rethinking Research Conventions in FYW.” Pedagogy, 25(2): 173–183.
- VanEyk, Kristin and Anne Curzan. (2025). “The Politics of Prescriptivism: Two Style Manuals, One Century.” American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, 100(1): 22–41.
- VanEyk, Kristin. (2024). “Teaching Critical Theories for Social Justice Outcomes.” College English, 87(1), 108-112.
- Curzan, Anne; Queen, Robin; VanEyk, Kristin; Weissler, Rachel (2023). Language Standardization & Linguistic Subordination. Dædalus, 152(3), 18-35.
- VanEyk, Kristin. (2020). “What Women Write: On Decanting Macaroni and Saying Goodbye to Ghost Trains.” Writing on the Edge, 31(½): 52-56.
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