(N)IWCA Conference Presentations about Race/Diversity/Ethnicity

Discussions of the Pandemic

On March 6, 2021 I lead a discussion about the impact of the pandemic on writing center directors. Here are the results of that discussion.

Last week, I was talking with colleagues about a future super-secret project (stay tuned) and we got to wondering how many two-year college writing center folks were on WCENTER. WCENTER is the preeminent listserv for writing center folks. I've been a member since 1992, but I don't recall anyone trying to figure out who (demographically) was on the list. Rather than burdening list members with a huge demographic survey, however, I just decided to stick with the original question: what types of institutions are WCENTER users coming from. I only left it up for a few days, so I'm not saying that this survey has captured all potential WCENTER readers/respondents, by the way. My Survey Monkey professional account was expiring, however, and I wanted to download the data. (so much for self-funded research, eh?) In any case, here we go: I did suspect that four year plus universities and colleges would dominate the users of WCENTER, given the list's history and the de

Peer Tutoring: The Essential Contact Zone

I recently had the honor of giving the keynote address at the 2013 South Central Writing Center Association's Annual Conference. Here is the text of the speech: Keynote Address for the South Central Writing Centers Association Annual Conference February 21-23, 2013 Corpus Christi, Texas Clint Gardner Salt Lake Community College Student Writing Center PRE-INTRODUCTION How many here are peer tutors? How many here have been peer tutors? Being the good writing center person that I am, I’m going to have you do a little writing first. Strange thing in a keynote address, I realize, but bear with me. “What are the most significant abilities, values, or skills that you developed in your work as a peer writing tutor?” Peer Tutoring: The Writing Center's Essential Contact Zone INTRODUCTION Today I want to talk about why I think Peer Tutoring is the essential contact zone for a writing center. By contact zone I mean the place where learning happens, in all it

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