Nearly everyone who writes likes—and needs—to talk about [their] writing, preferably to someone who will really listen, who knows how to listen, and knows how to talk about writing too…. A writing center is an institutional response to this need.
-Stephen North, 1984
Writing center experience
Interim Director of the Writing Center, English Faculty, University of Idaho
Associate Director of the Writing Center, English Faculty, University of Idaho
Associate Director, Writing Center and Writing Fellows Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Assistant Director, UGA Writing Center, University of Georgia
Graduate Assistant, UGA Writing Center, University of Georgia
Graduate Assistant, Walk-in Writing Service, Cornell University
Peer Tutor, Writing Center, Kenyon College
Research activity
conference presentations
“What Can’t AI Do?: Making the Case for Human Tutors in the Age of ChatGPT,” collaborative writing session organized with Jamaica Ritcher and Matthew Capdevielle for the International Writing Centers Association Collaborative, Spokane, WA, 2024
“Improv in Tutor Training? Yes, AND Chat GPT,” workshop organized with Tymber Wolf for the International Writing Centers Association Collaborative, Spokane, WA, 2024
"Feedback Multiverse: Writing Center Visits for Antiracist Creative Writing Pedagogy," paper delivered at the International Writing Centers Association meeting in Baltimore, MD, 2023 ABSTRACT
“Institutional Divides in our Multiverse: Findings from MWCA’s Outreach to 2-year Colleges,” paper with Cindy Johanek (North Hennepin Community College) and Luke Morgan (Metro State University) to be delivered at the International Writing Centers Association meeting in Baltimore, MD, 2023
“Cracking Our Own Codes: Accessible Resources for Asynchronous Appointments,” workshop developed with Serenity Dougherty (graduate student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) for the Midwest Writing Centers Association conference, Saint Charles, MO 2023
“What would we do without you?: Genealogies of Hope and Harm Reduction in Graduate Student Labor,” roundtable organized with Paula Rawlins (Yale University) and Chanara Andrews-Bickers (graduate student, University of Georgia) for the Conference for College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL 2023
"Work with me: Cultivating Connections in Creative Writing and Writing Center Pedagogy" panel organized with Erika Luckert and Jess Poli (graduate students, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) for the Creative Writing Studies Conference, Online, 2022
“Mavericks in Our Midst: Creative Writing in the Writing Center,” roundtable organized with Erika Luckert, Jess Poli (graduate students, University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and M Imig (undergraduate student, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) for the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, Omaha, NE, 2022 ABSTRACT
“Exploring Linguistic Diversity with Graduate Student Writers,” work-in-progress presentation delivered at the Consortium for Graduate Communication Summer Institute, Online, 2022
“CW/WC: Exploring (Dis)Similarities in Creative Writing and Writing Center Practice,” roundtable organized with Saurabh Anand and Savannah Jensen (graduate students, University of Georgia) for the Southeastern Writing Center Conference, Online, 2022 ABSTRACT
“Complicating Monoliths: Graduate Student Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity,” paper presented with Christina Lee for the annual meeting of the Southeastern Writing Center Association conference, Online, 2021 ABSTRACT
“Interdependent interventions: exploring co-creative practices for online writing centers,” roundtable organized with Christina Lee for Online Writing Centers Association conference, Online, 2021
“Teaching for Justice for Multilingual Writers: Reimagining Writing Center-Developed Resources,” roundtable presentation with Paula Rawlins (Yale University) at Conference of College Composition and Communication, Online, 2021
“Between You and Me: Graduate Students in Conversation about Academic Writing,” paper presented with Christina Lee at the Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Online, 2021 ABSTRACT
“Social (Justice) Media: Advocating for Multilingual Writers in a Digital World,” panel organized and paper presented with Paula Rawlins at International Writing Centers Association meeting, Columbus, OH 2019 ABSTRACT
PUBLICATIONs
Recent peer-reviewed work on advocacy strategies for writing center practitioners included in the collection Linguistic Justice on Campus: Pedagogy and Advocacy for Multilingual Students (Multilingual Matters/Channel View Publications, 2021)
Linguistic Justice on Campus: Pedagogy and Advocacy for Multilingual Students
Reviews of this collection:
This landmark volume from a generation of scholars who have come of age during the historic move from monolingual assumptions in the field of composition to multilingual/translingual orientations offers a bridge to those committed to linguistic justice on their campuses. The pedagogically practical chapters provide sound, powerful rationales from scholar teachers who model transformative practices – both pedagogically and methodologically.
-Maria Jerskey, City University of New York/LaGCC, USA
A practical and research-driven handbook for writing teachers invested in redressing linguistic oppression, Linguistic Justice on Campus demonstrates the possibilities of multilingual writing pedagogies grounded in coalitional action. This collection rightfully centralizes linguistic justice as critical to all that we do in writing classrooms, centers, and programs.
-Laura Gonzales, University of Florida, USA