Conferences & Institutes

2010-2011 Regional Conferences

European Middle East-North Africa Second bi-annual MENAWCA Conference will be held at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) on Feb 17 and ...

IWCA-NCPTW Conference on Facebook

The IWCA-NCPTW Baltimore Conference, November 4-6, 2010, is on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=114007828617602&ref=search&sid=0BtCPzxU-TpY1u8MO5KT4A.1078765252..1

IWCA-NCPTW 2010

International Writing Centers Association joined conference with National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing URL: http://www.mawcaonline.org/iwca/index.html November 4-6, 2010 Baltimore, ...

News and Announcements

Position Announcement: IWCA Press Editor (deadline: September 7, 2010)

The International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) invites applications for editorial leadership (i.e., co-editors, editorial teams, single editors) of the IWCA Press. In producing material of value to writing center professionals, the editor(s) will work with an editorial board, including the IWCA web manager, in developing projects to publish primarily online on the IWCA website but [...]

Letters from the President

Happy New Decade from Roberta Kjesrud, your new IWCA President!

Michele Eodice, IWCA President 2007-2009, passes the gavels to incoming IWCA President Roberta Kjesrud at NCTE 2009. In this letter, I plan to • Introduce IWCA officers and board, • Summarize Board Biz, and • Invite your thoughts and ideas. If you are anything like I was before I got involved in this enterprise, you [...]

Research

Request for Participation in Survey

Michelle LaFrance and Melissa Nicholas are conducting a study on faculty and staff perspectives on work in the writing center.  They have created a survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RBW8BHP, and are asking for your participation.  It should take 10-30 minutes to complete the survey, depending upon the length of your answers. They are hoping to disseminate this widely, [...]

Publications

Writing Center Journal Alternate History

From the editors of Writing Center Journal: WCJ has just put in the mail the 30th Anniversary issue. Its theme is “An Alternate History.” That is, we’ve attempted to thread the history of the journal beyond the well loved, oft cited essays that have long comprised the narrative of the field. Below is the table [...]

Awards

IWCA Research Grant Deadline Is July 1

The International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) serves to strengthen the writing center community through all of its activities. The IWCA offers its Research Grant to encourage scholars to apply and advance exiting theories and methods or create new knowledge. This grant supports quantitative, qualitative, theoretical, and applied projects associated with writing center research and application. [...]