Nicholas R. Werse

Nicholas Werse is serving as the Director for the EdD Research and Writing Development Center, Nicholas R. Werse combines his love for writing with a passion for student development by supporting student research and writing development in the Baylor University EdD in Learning and Organizational Change Program. In this capacity, he leads a team of research and writing development specialists who work with over 500 scholarly practitioners as they write dissertations and develop publications. Dr. Werse is both an instructor and a practitioner of the craft of writing, personally striving to push beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. As such, he has written on a range of topics in the fields of religious studies, biblical interpretation, literary theory, modern popular media, rural history, online education, postgraduate studies, and environmental humanities.

Publications

Improving Access and Advancing Equity: A Reconsideration of Barriers and Solutions to Multilingual Learner Access to Gifted Programs
Improving Access and Advancing Equity: A Reconsideration of Barriers and Solutions to Multilingual Learner Access to Gifted Programs
Lori Leibowitz, Leanne Howell, Nicholas R. Werse. © 2023. 16 pages.
The underrepresentation of linguistically diverse gifted learners continues to be a pervasive issue in schools across the United States. Many leaders in the field recognize the...
Why Women Go Elsewhere: A Study of Women's Underrepresentation in Computer Science
Why Women Go Elsewhere: A Study of Women's Underrepresentation in Computer Science
David S. Read, Nicholas R. Werse, Leanne Howell. © 2023. 19 pages.
Women earn less than 25% of undergraduate computer science (CS) degrees and hold less than 25% of CS jobs (National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, 2019; U.S....
Finding a Way Forward: Mindfulness as a Means to Stabilizing Mental Health Among Youth With Anxiety
Finding a Way Forward: Mindfulness as a Means to Stabilizing Mental Health Among Youth With Anxiety
Debra Kay Hurbough, Tony L. Talbert, Nicholas R. Werse. © 2023. 24 pages.
Approximately four million children struggle daily with the challenges of anxiety in the United States. Unfortunately, this anxiety leads to additional implications for their...
Researcher Positionality in the Dissertation in Practice
Researcher Positionality in the Dissertation in Practice
Jess Smith, Brooke Blevins, Nicholas R. Werse, Sandra Talbert. © 2022. 17 pages.
This chapter explores first the role of researcher perspective in the research process, then the unique nuances of the researcher positionality in dissertations in practice...
High-Impact Writing Support for Online Students Writing a Dissertation in Practice
High-Impact Writing Support for Online Students Writing a Dissertation in Practice
Nicholas R. Werse, Cece Lively, Lacy K. Crocker Papadakis. © 2022. 16 pages.
This chapter examines the unique writing needs of professional doctoral students and the writing goals of the dissertation in practice that distinguish these students from...
High-Impact Writing Support for Online Students Writing a Dissertation in Practice
High-Impact Writing Support for Online Students Writing a Dissertation in Practice
Nicholas R. Werse, Cece Lively, Lacy K. Crocker Papadakis. © 2021. 20 pages.
This chapter examines the unique writing needs of professional doctoral students and the writing goals of the dissertation in practice that distinguish these students from...
Researcher Positionality in the Dissertation in Practice
Researcher Positionality in the Dissertation in Practice
Jess Smith, Brooke Blevins, Nicholas R. Werse, Sandra Talbert. © 2021. 21 pages.
This chapter explores first the role of researcher perspective in the research process, then the unique nuances of the researcher positionality in dissertations in practice...