diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/hyrax/editor.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/hyrax/editor.es6
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fceb82dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/hyrax/editor.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import RelationshipsControl from 'hyrax/relationships/control'
+import SaveWorkControl from 'hyrax/save_work/save_work_control'
+import AdminSetWidget from 'hyrax/editor/admin_set_widget'
+import ControlledVocabulary from 'hyrax/editor/controlled_vocabulary'
+import Autocomplete from 'hyrax/autocomplete'
+import AuthoritySelect from 'hyrax/authority_select'
+
+export default class {
+  /**
+   * initialize the editor behaviors
+   * @param {jQuery} element - The form that has a data-param-key attribute
+   */
+  constructor(element) {
+    this.element = element
+    this.paramKey = element.data('paramKey') // The work type
+    this.adminSetWidget = new AdminSetWidget(element.find('select[id$="_admin_set_id"]'))
+    this.sharingTabElement = $('#tab-share')
+  }
+
+  init() {
+    this.autocomplete()
+    this.controlledVocabularies()
+    this.sharingTab()
+    this.relationshipsControl()
+    this.saveWorkControl()
+    this.saveWorkFixed()
+    this.authoritySelect()
+    this.formInProgress()
+  }
+
+  // Immediate feedback after work creation, editing.
+  formInProgress() {
+    $('[data-behavior~=work-form]').on('submit', function(event){
+      $('.card-footer.save-progress').removeAttr("hidden");
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Used when you have a linked data field that can have terms from multiple
+  // authorities.
+  authoritySelect() {
+      $("[data-authority-select]").each(function() {
+          let authoritySelect = $(this).data().authoritySelect
+          let options =  {selectBox: 'select.' + authoritySelect,
+                          inputField: 'input.' + authoritySelect}
+          new AuthoritySelect(options);
+      })
+  }
+
+  // Autocomplete fields for the work edit form (based_near, subject, language, child works)
+  autocomplete() {
+      var autocomplete = new Autocomplete()
+
+      $('[data-autocomplete]').each((function() {
+        var elem = $(this)
+        autocomplete.setup(elem, elem.data('autocomplete'), elem.data('autocompleteUrl'))
+        elem.parents('.multi_value.form-group').manage_fields({
+          add: function(e, element) {
+            var elem = $(element)
+            // Don't mark an added element as readonly even if previous element was
+            // Enable before initializing, as otherwise LinkedData fields remain disabled
+            elem.attr('readonly', false)
+            autocomplete.setup(elem, elem.data('autocomplete'), elem.data('autocompleteUrl'))
+          }
+        })
+      }))
+  }
+
+  // initialize any controlled vocabulary widgets
+  controlledVocabularies() {
+    this.element.find('.controlled_vocabulary.form-group').each((_idx, controlled_field) =>
+      new ControlledVocabulary(controlled_field, this.paramKey)
+    )
+  }
+
+  // Display the sharing tab if they select an admin set that permits sharing
+  sharingTab() {
+    if(this.adminSetWidget && !this.adminSetWidget.isEmpty()) {
+      this.adminSetWidget.on('change', () => this.sharingTabVisiblity(this.adminSetWidget.isSharing()))
+      this.sharingTabVisiblity(this.adminSetWidget.isSharing())
+    }
+  }
+
+  sharingTabVisiblity(visible) {
+      if (visible)
+         this.sharingTabElement.removeAttr("hidden")
+      else
+         this.sharingTabElement.attr("hidden","")
+  }
+
+  relationshipsControl() {
+      let collections = this.element.find('[data-behavior="collection-relationships"]')
+      collections.each((_idx, element) =>
+          new RelationshipsControl(element,
+                                   collections.data('members'),
+                                   collections.data('paramKey'),
+                                   'member_of_collections_attributes',
+                                   'tmpl-collection').init())
+
+      let works = this.element.find('[data-behavior="child-relationships"]')
+      works.each((_idx, element) =>
+          new RelationshipsControl(element,
+                                   works.data('members'),
+                                   works.data('paramKey'),
+                                   'work_members_attributes',
+                                   'tmpl-child-work').init())
+  }
+  // [hyc-override] Store saveWorkControl instance in a global variable to enable tinymce to call it
+  // This is necessary for requirement checks to update when rich text fields are edited
+  saveWorkControl() {
+    window.saveWorkControlInstance = new SaveWorkControl(this.element.find("#form-progress"), this.adminSetWidget)
+  }
+
+  saveWorkFixed() {
+      // Fixedsticky will polyfill position:sticky
+      this.element.find('#savewidget').fixedsticky()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa2a0d7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/renderers/hyrax/renderers/formatted_text_renderer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+module Hyrax
+  module Renderers
+    class FormattedTextRenderer < AttributeRenderer
+      private
+      def attribute_value_to_html(value)
+        sanitized_value = get_sanitized_string(value)
+        if microdata_value_attributes(field).present?
+          "<span#{html_attributes(microdata_value_attributes(field))}>#{sanitized_value}</span>"
+        else
+          li_value(sanitized_value)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Sanitize the value, allowing only safe HTML tags and attributes
+      def get_sanitized_string(string)
+         # Define allowed tags and attributes
+        allowed_tags = %w[strong em b i u p br small mark sub sup a ul ol li dl dt dd div span h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6]
+        allowed_attributes = %w[href]
+        sanitize(string, tags: allowed_tags, attributes: allowed_attributes)
+      end
+
+    # Same as attribute renderer override, but without escaping the value
+      def li_value(value)
+        field_value = find_language(value) || value
+        auto_link((field_value))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/articles/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/articles/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index c3b92907c..20709c87f 100755
--- a/app/views/hyrax/articles/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/articles/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:alternative_title, html_dl: true, label: "Alternate title") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:translator_display, label: 'Translator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/artworks/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/artworks/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index f780fd564..ad78b0cc5 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/artworks/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/artworks/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:description, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:note, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/data_sets/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/data_sets/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index a0f4bcd31..3911f4d91 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/data_sets/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/data_sets/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:last_modified_date, render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:contributor_display, label: 'Contributor', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:methodology, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:methodology,  render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/dissertations/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/dissertations/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index 474955e1a..64b464a8c 100755
--- a/app/views/hyrax/dissertations/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/dissertations/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_modified, label: 'Last Modified', render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:contributor_display, label: 'Contributor', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/generals/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/generals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index 2114d9a4a..b13d27748 100755
--- a/app/views/hyrax/generals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/generals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:contributor_display, label: 'Contributor', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:translator_display, label: 'Translator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:description, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:table_of_contents, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:methodology, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:methodology,  render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/honors_theses/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/honors_theses/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index d918553f1..cc21e846c 100755
--- a/app/views/hyrax/honors_theses/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/honors_theses/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:alternative_title, html_dl: true, label: 'Alternate title') %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_modified, label: 'Last Modified', render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/journals/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/journals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index 9a722c7b2..f7627a247 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/journals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/journals/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:alternative_title, html_dl: true, label: "Alternate title") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/masters_papers/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/masters_papers/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index 0cda3091c..c424224f7 100755
--- a/app/views/hyrax/masters_papers/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/masters_papers/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_modified, label: 'Last Modified', render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: 'Date of publication') %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/multimeds/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/multimeds/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index afa24e684..0668915bb 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/multimeds/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/multimeds/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_modified, label: 'Last Modified', render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:subject, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/hyrax/scholarly_works/_attribute_rows.html.erb b/app/views/hyrax/scholarly_works/_attribute_rows.html.erb
index c42c2307a..b3c7f3732 100644
--- a/app/views/hyrax/scholarly_works/_attribute_rows.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/hyrax/scholarly_works/_attribute_rows.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_modified, label: 'Last Modified', render_as: :date, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:creator_display, label: 'Creator', render_as: :person, html_dl: true) %>
-<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, html_dl: true) %>
+<%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:abstract, render_as: :formatted_text, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:description, html_dl: true) %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:date_issued, html_dl: true, label: "Date of publication") %>
 <%= presenter.attribute_to_html(:keyword, render_as: :faceted, html_dl: true) %>
diff --git a/app/views/records/edit_fields/_abstract.html.erb b/app/views/records/edit_fields/_abstract.html.erb
index 3d486d035..c1f38c284 100644
--- a/app/views/records/edit_fields/_abstract.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/records/edit_fields/_abstract.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <% if f.object.multiple? key %>
-    <%= f.input :abstract, as: :multi_value, input_html: { rows: '14', type: 'textarea'}, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
+    <%= f.input :abstract, as: :multi_value, input_html: { rows: '14', type: 'textarea', class: 'tinymce'}, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
 <% else %>
-    <%= f.input :abstract, as: :text, input_html: { rows: '14' }, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <%= f.input :abstract, as: :text, input_html: { rows: '14', class: 'tinymce' }, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
+<% end %>
+<!-- [hyc-override] Include JS for TinyMCE with rich_text configuration. Enables rich text editing. -->
+<%= tinymce :rich_text %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/records/edit_fields/_methodology.html.erb b/app/views/records/edit_fields/_methodology.html.erb
index 41cbea54b..c87b5aaa2 100644
--- a/app/views/records/edit_fields/_methodology.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/records/edit_fields/_methodology.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <% if f.object.multiple? key %>
-  <%= f.input :methodology, as: :multi_value, input_html: { rows: '14', type: 'textarea'}, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
+  <%= f.input :methodology, as: :multi_value, input_html: { rows: '14', type: 'textarea', class: 'tinymce' }, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
 <% else %>
-  <%= f.input :methodology, as: :text, input_html: { rows: '14' }, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+  <%= f.input :methodology, as: :text, input_html: { rows: '14', class: 'tinymce' }, required: f.object.required?(key) %>
+<% end %>
+<!-- [hyc-override] Include JS for TinyMCE with rich_text configuration. Enables rich text editing. -->
+<%= tinymce :rich_text %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/tinymce.yml b/config/tinymce.yml
index ed2b4c001..bac21fa4d 100755
--- a/config/tinymce.yml
+++ b/config/tinymce.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,49 @@ content_block:
     - table
     - fullscreen
     - image
+rich_text:
+  menubar: false
+  toolbar:
+    - "undo redo | bold italic underline | alignleft aligncenter alignright | link | numlist bullist outdent indent | blockquote | code"
+  plugins:
+    - "link lists code"
+  style_formats:
+    - title: "Inline"
+      items:
+        - title: "Bold"
+          inline: "b"
+        - title: "Italic"
+          inline: "i"
+        - title: "Underline"
+          inline: "u"
+        - title: "Strikethrough"
+          inline: "strike"
+    - title: "Blocks"
+      items:
+        - title: "Paragraph"
+          block: "p"
+        - title: "Blockquote"
+          block: "blockquote"
+    - title: "Alignments"
+      items:
+        - title: "Left"
+          block: ""
+          classes: "align-left"
+        - title: "Center"
+          block: ""
+          classes: "align-center"
+        - title: "Right"
+          block: ""
+          classes: "align-right"
+  setup: |
+    function (editor) {
+      editor.on('change', function () {
+        tinymce.triggerSave();
+        if (window.saveWorkControlInstance) {
+          window.saveWorkControlInstance.validateMetadata();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
 custom:
   <<: *default
diff --git a/spec/features/edit_sage_ingested_works_spec.rb b/spec/features/edit_sage_ingested_works_spec.rb
index 4928fd254..896b4df4c 100644
--- a/spec/features/edit_sage_ingested_works_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/edit_sage_ingested_works_spec.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@
         expect(page).to have_field('Creator #2', with: 'Zhang, Xi')
         expect(page).to have_field('Additional affiliation (Creator #1)', with: 'Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA')
         expect(page).to have_field('ORCID (Creator #1)', with: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6833-8372')
-        expect(page).to have_field('Abstract', with: /Efforts to increase education opportunities, provide insurance/)
+        # Assert content within an iframe to check the abstract. Tinymce rich text editors confuse Capybara assertions.
+        within_frame(find('iframe#article_abstract_ifr')) do
+          expect(page).to have_content('Efforts to increase education opportunities, provide insurance')
+        end
 
         # Javascript execution is inconsistent in the test environment, so rather than expanding the rest
         # of the form elements, checking for the remainder of the elements whether they are visible or not.