Initially trained as an early modernist and literary critic, Dave now maintains active research interests in Graduate Writing Studies, Writing Center Administration, and Writing Program Administration. Alongside Daniel Hengel, Dave is the co-author of “Reframing Graduate Writing Support: Adopting a Process Oriented Mindset as Consultants” in WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship (forthcoming). They are also the lead author of “Grad Expectations: Student Perceptions of Graduate Writing Centers and the Writer-Consultant Relationship among High-Frequency Users,” forthcoming in Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. This co-authored article is the result of a staff-wide, IRB-approved research project that Dave led in AY ‘24-’25. They are currently leading their staff in a new research project: the first large-scale, exploratory assessment of writing instruction in doctoral education that has ever been conducted. The Phase 1 study, to be completed during AY ‘25-’26, uses a multi-stream survey instrument to gather both student and faculty perspectives on writing instruction in doctoral education.