Research

Research interests

Writing pedagogy
Response to student writing
Writing placement
Writing assessment
Two-year college literacy studies 
Faculty development
Learning outcomes

Forthcoming publications 

• Nastal, J. (2024). Ungrading in the ethical turn as an Assessment Killjoy. Teaching English in the Two-Year College.
• Nastal, J. Conclusion. Advancing writing studies at “democracy’s open door.” In J. Janangelo & E. Lehman (Eds.), Preparing Writing Program and English Department Graduate Students for Successful Two-Year College Teaching Careers. Parlor Press. [invited]
• Nastal, J., Poe, M., & Elliot, N. Open-access publishing and activity theory: An extension of consequences. In A. Blakeslee, H. M. Falconer, & K. P. Peirce (Eds.), Imagining Futures: Honoring and Extending the Contributions of Mike Palmquist. WAC Clearinghouse.
• Nastal, J. & Messer, K. Afterword. Articulating the future of writing placement. Journal of Writing Assessment. [invited]

Selected publications

• Nastal, J. (2024). A sociocognitive grading model for first-year writing classes. Pedagogy, 24(3), 405–426. Special issue on ungrading, Ed. Ellen Carillo. Available at https://read.dukeupress.edu/pedagogy/article/24/3/405/392073/A-Sociocognitive-Grading-Model-for-First-Year?guestAccessKey=191f0284-faad-4182-a85a-8ef60fb7381b 
• Toth, C., Nastal, J., Hassel, H., & Giordano, J. B. (2024). Writing assessment, placement, and the two-year college. Reprinted in D. Kelly-Riley, T. Macklin, & C. Whithaus (Eds.), Considering students, teachers, and writing assessment: Volume 1, technical and political contexts. WAC Clearinghouse. Available at https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/jwa1/chapter7.pdf
• Wood, S.A. (2023). [Interview featured in Chapter 2, Two-year colleges] Teachers Talking Writing. NCTE/WAC Clearinghouse.
• Nastal, J., Poe, M. & Toth, C., Eds. (2022). Writing placement in two-year colleges: The pursuit of equity in postsecondary education. WAC Clearinghouse. Available at https://wac.colostate.edu/books/practice/two-year/ 
• Carvan, M., Heiser, C., Milligan, S., Nastal, J., Opoczynski, R., & Rhodes, T. (2021). [authors in alphabetical order] Equity in assessment: The Grand Challenge and exploration of the current landscape. Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Learning and Assessment. Available at https://aalhe.scholasticahq.com/article/24575
• Hazleton, L., Nastal, J., Elliot, N., Burstein, J. (2021). Formative Automated Writing Evaluation: A theory of action. Journal of Response to Writing. Available at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol7/iss1/3/
• Oliveri, M. E., Nastal, J., & Slomp, D. (2020). Articulating equity–centered design. ETS Research Reports. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ets2.12307
• Nastal, J. (2019). Beyond tradition: Writing placement, fairness, and success at a two-year college. Journal of Writing Assessment, 12(1) [special issue on placement in two-year colleges]. Available at http://www.journalofwritingassessment.org/article.php?article=136
• Poe, M., Nastal, J., & Elliot, N. (2019). Reflection. An admitted student is a qualified student: A roadmap for writing placement in the two-year college. Journal of Writing Assessment, 12(1) [special issue on placement in two-year colleges]. Available at http://www.journalofwritingassessment.org/article.php?article=140